International criminal law
S.Africa In Dock For Failing To Arrest Sudan’s Bashir
South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is...
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...
Uganda Hails Surrender of Senior LRA Commander
Uganda's army on Wednesday hailed the surrender of a senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army who was in charge...
Sudan’s Bashir To Attend Arab Summit
President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said Sunday,...
US To End Operations Against Lord’s Resistance Army In Africa
A top US military commander has said the LRA has been reduced to "irrelevance" after years of joint military operations...
Operations Against Kony’s LRA ‘coming To An End’
The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader...
How Poetry Is Taking On State Censorship In Sudan
In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir looks at how Sudan's young poets are reviving the...
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...
S.Africa Revokes Decision To Leave ICC
South Africa has formally revoked its controversial decision to leave the International Criminal Court following last...
‘Shameful’ If Darfur Chemical Attacks Left Unprobed
Amnesty International on Tuesday renewed its call for a UN investigation into suspected chemical weapons attacks by...
LRA Leader’s Ex-Bodyguard
Today the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, began a visit to...
Woman Journalist Says Being Targeted By Sudan Islamic Hardliners
A Sudanese female journalist and critic of government policies said Sunday that she is under fire from hardliners who...
South Africa’s Decision To Leave ICC Ruled ‘invalid’
South Africa’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been ruled “unconstitutional...
S. African Court Rules Against Govt Plan To Pull Out of ICC
A South African court on Wednesday ruled the government's plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Bentil Backs AU Withdrawal From ICC
All African countries must pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subscribe to an equivalent judicial...
US Warns of Growing Piracy Risk Off West Africa
The United States is increasingly worried about pirate attacks off West Africa and is committed to helping countries...
Lebanon PM Stands Firm On Assad ‘crimes’
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday he stood firm against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's "crimes", at...