War crimes judges will rule Thursday if South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for trial on charges of genocide in Darfur. Legal experts widely expect that judges at the International Criminal Court will find that Pretoria, one of the founding members of the tribunal, failed to co-operate … Read more
War crimes judges will Thursday hand down an eagerly anticipated ruling on whether South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2015, wanted for genocide in Darfur. The landmark decision will serve as a blueprint for future cooperation between countries and the International Criminal Court, experts say. It will … Read more
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, reiterated her call for states to arrest and surrender the suspects of alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan’s Darfur region, including President, Omar Al Bashir. While addressing UN Security Council on Thursday, Bensouda said impunity was blocking efforts on Darfur war crimes … Read more
Afghan human rights groups urged the International Criminal Court on Wednesday to speed up a war crimes probe in their country, as they prepared to meet the tribunal’s chief prosecutor. “We are hoping that coming all the way here to The Hague we will have a strong message for the court,” said Guissou Jahangiri, International … Read more
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday scolded the United Nations for failing to take action in the case of Sudan’s president, whom the ICC is seeking to arrest on charges of genocide. In response, Egypt’s delegate to the United Nations Security Council rejected the prosecutor’s complaints and cited the African Union … Read more
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told an audience that he considered referring the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “post-election violence” following the election of Donald Trump. It shows how far the ICC’s reputation has fallen, BBC Monitoring’s Africa Security Correspondent Tomi Oladipo says. Earlier this year the ICC “terminated” charges against Kenya’s … Read more