International Criminal Court

Elections présidentielles au Congo (RDC) : la candidature de Jean-Pierre Bemba invalidée

Comme nous vous en parlions dans notre News Digest de samedi dernier, les prochaines élections au Congo s’annoncent de plus en plus compliquées. L’article de RFI publié sur le site du Courrier International, revient sur l’annonce de la Cour constitutionnelle de la...

News Digest (Aug. 25, 2018): Kofi Annan has died, UK deporting people, The Sudan Call coalition, Aquarius…

This is our fourth Weekly News Digest of August, it is a selected compilation of recent stories we publish each Saturday during Summertime. Today: Students and doctor died in Sudan; UK deporting people; The Sudan Call coalition of opposition parties; South Sudan’s forests; Former...

International Criminal Court acquits DR Congo’s former vice president Bemba on appeal

The former Congolese vice-president, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has had his convictions for war crimes and crimes against humanity overturned. Bemba was found guilty in 2016 of crimes committed in the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) from 2002 to 2003. We can read the official...

Omar al-Bashir: The ICC issued a warrant for his arrest seven years ago today

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for Omar al-Bashir’s arrest seven years ago today for his role in the Darfur genocide. The first warrant for arrest was issued on 4 March 2009, the second on 12 July 2010. He is suspected of five counts of crimes against humanity,...

Uganda leads Africa’s move to quit the International Criminal Court

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wants Africa to quit the International Criminal Court over the way the court has handled Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s case. From The Saturday Monitor: Uganda has admitted rallying African countries to collectively withdraw from the...

Abyei Referendum: Sudan wants is oil, South Sudan wants its people, by Max Dana

The Abyei status referendum is a delayed referendum that was originally due to be held in 2011 in which the residents of Abyei can decide either to remain part of the Sudanese South Kordofan region or to become part of the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. This is what you can learn...

Speak out against Bashir’s upcoming visit to the UN!

Enough Project invites you to sign the Petition to Urge President Obama to Act and Respond to Bashir’s Planned Visit. President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, who is indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, is planning to...

Activists want Sudan leader arrested, Climate change denial, South Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Activists want Sudan leader arrested; Is the Season for Climate Change Denial Finally Over?; South Sudan: Army Making Ethnic Conflict Worse. - Activists want Sudan leader arrested - July 15, 2013 - Is the Season for...

How Joseph Kony Funds His Army

On April, Amnesty USA wrote: ‘Joseph Kony Was Here’. From our Top Stories: While international justice has seen many milestones over the last months, including the surrender of “The Terminator” Bosco Ntaganda, one of the most well known fugitives from the International...

11 elephants poached in Tsavo, Women’s Rights in Libya, Kony can be stopped

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Eleven elephants have been killed in the Tsavo conservation in the past two weeks; Libyan authorities should seize a historic opportunity to promote and protect women’s rights as the country transitions...