ICC takes Malawi to UN Security Council over Al-Bashir
Lilongwe – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has referred Malawi to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir when he visited Malawi during the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) in October. Al-Bashir is the first sitting African president to be indicted by the ICC. He is wanted [...]
Malawi to respond to ICC on Al-Bashir
Lilongwe – The Malawi Ministry of Justice says it will today respond to the International Criminal Court on why it did not arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir when he entered the country to attend the Common Market of East and Southern Africa (Comesa) summit lat month. Ministry of Justice spokesperson Apoche Itimu said the Ministry will however give details of [...]
President Ernest Koroma takes steps to end the culture of impunity and asks the ICC to monitor the conduct of political parties in Sierra Leone’s upcoming elections
MAKENI, SIERRA LEONE – In furtherance of efforts by government in bringing an end to the culture of impunity in Sierra Leone, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has on Sunday 2nd October 2011 resonated his unyielding commitments to alert the International Criminal Court for the continuous monitoring of the conduct of political leaders and their [...]
International Criminal Court’s expanding mandate threatened because of insufficient donor funding
MONROVIA (IPS) – International justice advocates are worried that donors will deprive the International Criminal Court (ICC) of sufficient funding next year, hindering the court’s ability to fulfil an expanding mandate that will stretch from Kenya to Libya and potentially Ivory Coast. In late July, the court proposed a 2012 budget of 159.45 million dollars, an [...]
International arrest warrant sought for Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, International Criminal Court prosecutor, has sought an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi accusing him of committing crimes against humanity by killing protesters during an uprising against his 41-year rule. He also asked judges, who now need to see if there is enough evidence to issue warrants, for the arrest of Gaddafi’s son Saif [...]
Britain says Kadhafi must face International Criminal Court
LONDON, March 29, 2011 (AFP) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague called Tuesday for Moamer Kadhafi to face the International Criminal Court but refused to rule out the possibility the Libyan leader could go into exile. Hague’s comments came amid reports that world powers meeting in London on Tuesday to map out Libya’s future could discuss [...]
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto are summoned by the ICC for crimes against humanity
THE HAGUE, March 8, 2011 (AFP) – The International Criminal Court issued summonses Tuesday for six Kenyans accused of masterminding 2007-08 post-vote violence that claimed up to 1,500 lives, to appear before it on April 7. The six, senior allies of President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga, were ordered to make initial appearances in [...]
ICC prepares to charge Laurent Gbagbo for crimes against humanity
THE HAGUE, March 5, 2011 (AFP) – The International Criminal Court is ready to “move fast” against the perpetrators of crimes against civilians in Ivory Coast, its deputy prosecutor told AFP on Saturday. Seven women protesting against strongman Laurent Gbagbo were on Thursday shot by forces loyal to him and aid agencies have warned that the [...]
ICC announces probe of possible crimes against humanity committed by regime in Libya
THE HAGUE, February 28, 2011 (AFP) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday announced a preliminary probe of possible crimes against humanity committed in Libya, after a referral by the United Nations. He was “assessing allegations of widespread or systematic attacks against the civilian population,” prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told journalists in The [...]
Six suspects to be named in ICC probe into post-elections violence in Kenya
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is about to name six suspects that were behind the post-elections violence that rocked Kenya in 2008. There is heightened tension amongst the different political factions who have been accused of involvement in the riots that left hundreds if not thousands dead. The investigations by the ICC started in March [...]
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