CAIRO — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said Thursday he is “100 percent” certain that his investigation into attacks on Libyan protesters will lead to crimes against humanity charges against the regime of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. Gadhafi’s crackdown on anti-regime protests that broke out last month has been the most violent against any of [...]
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Book Review, Time for the United States to Cooperate with the ICC
H-HUMAN RIGHTS Review Lee Feinstein and Tod Lindberg argue that the United States should move to a policy of cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a means of reaching the established U.S. goal of seeing gross violators of human rights and perpetrators of mass atrocities held accountable for their actions. U.S. cooperation also [...]
Civil Society Statement on Kenya and the International Criminal Court
On December 15, 2010, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requested summonses to appear against six Kenyan citizens for crimes against humanity alleged to have been committed during the post-election violence in Kenya in 2007-08. The request is currently under consideration by a pre-trial chamber of the ICC; no summonses have been issued to [...]
The crime of aggression
This week was the eight session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in New York. The purpose of this meeting was to give states parties, as well as interested observers, an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Review Conference, when they will take stock of the progress the [...]
Sudan’s President Can Still Face Genocide Charge
New York Times, February 4, 2010 Sudan’s Leader May Be Accused of Genocide By MARLISE SIMONS The president of Sudan, who is already facing an international arrest warrant, came under new legal scrutiny on Wednesday when appeals judges at The Hague reopened the possibility that he may be charged with genocide. The Sudanese leader, Omar [...]
Eyes on the ICC Seeks New Editor in Chief
Eyes on the ICC Seeks New Editor-in-Chief The Board of Directors is accepting applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of Eyes on the ICC, CASIN’s flagship academic journal on the International Criminal Court. Junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, ABDs, and advanced graduate students are especially encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is January 31, [...]