Crimes against humanity
S. Africa To Defend Failure To Arrest Bashir At ICC
War crimes judges will Friday hear why South Africa failed to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir during a 2015...
ICC Prosecutor Warns On Spiralling DR Congo Violence
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday against spiralling violence in the volatile...
Gambia To Set Up Truth Commission To Probe Jammeh’s Rule
The Gambia will set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate abuses committed during ex-President Yahya...
Make International Justice Work For All
Following a hard-fought civil society campaign, South Africa’s reversal of steps towards withdrawing from the Rome...
IMANI Report On ACILA Roundtable Discussion On African Leaders and the ICC
The African Centre for International Law & Accountability hosted a roundtable discussion (RTD) on 8 March 2017 to...
Ghana Asked To State Position On ICC Membership
Ghana has been asked to clearly state whether or not it will remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
ICC Summons South Africa Over Bashir Visit
South African authorities have been asked to appear at the International Criminal Court on April 7 over the country’s...
South Africa Revokes ICC Withdrawal After Court Ruling
South Africa has revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the High Court said the move...
One Arrested In Connection With Hot Electric Iron Torture
Police in Tamale have confirmed the arrest of one of five suspects in connection with the torture of a 15-year old...
Trump Cabinet Member Ben Carson Calls Slaves ‘immigrants’ In Speech
Ben Carson appeared to liken slaves to immigrants who choose to come to the United States while addressing employees at...
Malaysian Court Charges Two Women With Kim Murder
Two women were charged Wednesday with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after his...
South African Court Says Government’s ICC Withdrawal Is Unconstitutional
A decision by South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is unconstitutional, the country's...
Thai Junta Urged To Drop Case Against Torture Activists
Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a landmark report...
Bentil Backs AU Withdrawal From ICC
All African countries must pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subscribe to an equivalent judicial...
Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim
A cabinet minister who claimed to have ordered police to torture rape suspects should be investigated for human rights...
Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim
Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an Indian cabinet minister to be investigated for human rights abuses after...
Security Forces Abuses Threaten Tunisia Reform
A rise in "brutal tactics" by Tunisian security forces in line with nationwide emergency laws to counter terrorism are...
African Union Backs Mass ICC Withdrawal
Africa has 34 signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty that set up the court The African Union has called for the...
T.B Joshua Exposes Demons Behind Ghana’s Trokosi Tradition
A shocking video about Ghana’s ‘trokosi system’ released last week by Nigerian Prophet T. B. Joshua’s YouTube...