Tag Archives: ICC

Yoweri Musevani says “the purpose of the ICC has been distorted ...

April 9, 2013 no comments

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has made a scathing attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the inauguration ceremony of Kenya’s new President, Uhuru Kenyatta. In a blisteri...

Uhuru Kenyatta’s spokesman tells Newstime Africa: “The ICC...

April 3, 2013 no comments

Uhuru Kenyatta is innocent and the ICC case against him have no merits, because the foundation on which the case is built has collapsed since the pre-trial judge did not confirm the case against the ...

ICC case against Kenya’s Deputy President-elect William Ruto col...

March 18, 2013 no comments

Nairobi, Kenya – The ICC case against the newly elected leadership in Kenya seems to be crumbling by the minute. Prosecutors at the Hague may have no choice but to ask for the matter to be thro...

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer says the ICC i...

March 17, 2013 no comments

“Innocent until proven guilty” is a defining principle of all respected legal systems, including that of the United States. Presumption of innocence allows an individual to run, win and hold public o...

Fatou Bensouda takes first step to throw the case against Uhuru Kenyat...

March 11, 2013 1 comment

The excellent ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, may have realized that there is insufficient evidence to continue with prosecution in the case against Uhuru Kenyatta by telling judges that she is withd...

How war crimes trials have been politicised – The ICC comes unde...

October 23, 2012 no comments

UNITED NATIONS, Becky Bergdahl (IPS) - Ten years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its doors in The Hague, the United Nations Security Council held its first open discussion on the ...

Fatou Bensouda’s expected visit to Kenya

October 7, 2012 no comments

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s first visit to Kenya is set to receive maximum media attention over the next couple of weeks, ahead of next year’s hearings of the post-electi...

Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam advocates for ICC trial

August 2, 2012 3 comments

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam has suggested that he should be tried before the International Criminal Court of Justice if at all he is to be dully served justice. Quoted in a d...

ICC denies Laurent Gbagbo pre-trial release

July 22, 2012 no comments

According to the ruling released by the ICC on Thursday, Judge Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi termed the ex-president for Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo as ‘a big risk to be given a release’ taking into co...

Malawi on trial: A nation in search of a soul…

June 8, 2012 2 comments

The statement by Malawi’s Information minister Moses Kumkuyu that Lilongwe was going ahead with hosting the conference, whilst dismissing Khartoum’s position as lacking basis is absolutely serious. I...

New prosecutor says ICC not for Africans

May 24, 2012 2 comments

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 24 – The prosecutor-elect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dispelled what she termed as “perceptions” that the Hague-based court is only th...

ICC takes Malawi to UN Security Council over Al-Bashir

December 14, 2011 no comments

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 ...

Malawi to respond to ICC on Al-Bashir

November 11, 2011 no comments

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 t...

President Ernest Koroma takes steps to end the culture of impunity and...

October 3, 2011 no comments

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 ...

International Criminal Court’s expanding mandate threatened beca...

September 29, 2011 no comments

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 a...

International arrest warrant sought for Libyan President Muammar Gadda...

May 16, 2011 no comments

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 du...