"Each day hundreds of people flocked into the public gallery. Monks in bright orange and maroon robes sat in the front two rows, directly in front of the large window that shows the courtroom. Western journalists and NGO representatives were scattered throughout the 500-seat gallery."
Posts Tagged “international justice”
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Over the past two decades, international courts have galvanized a global movement recognizing sexual violence as an instrument of war and oppression.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Alison Cole, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international justice, legacy, rape, Rights & Justice, sexual violence, Special Court for Sierra Leone
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The ICC is likely here to stay. The same cannot be said for many other arms of the system of international justice, as governments aggressively push back against institutions and regional courts whose job is to deliver justice for victims of gross abuse.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, Ban Ki-moon, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia, high-level segment, ICC, International Criminal Court, international justice, James A. Goldston, Kenya, Ocampo Six, rule of law, Southern African Development Community, Teodoro Obiang, UN Human Rights Committee, UN treaty bodies
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The latest twist in the saga of the fall of the Qaddafi regime has again focused attention on the relationship between Libya and the International Criminal Court, and on the broad question of how to obtain accountability for national and international crimes.
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Muammar al-Qaddafi’s demise only further underscores the importance and urgency of capturing the two remaining fugitives from international justice—his son, Saif al-Islam, and his head of Military Intelligence, Colonel Abdullah Al-Senussi.
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Judges in the war-crimes case against Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military leader, have turned down a bid to split it into two separate trials, despite concerns over the health prospects of the accused.
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Over the next several months, the International Criminal Court will undergo its most significant leadership transition since coming into existence. It presents a major challenge and a significant opportunity.
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Muammar Qaddafi’s recent offer to talk has raised the question of whether the transition to peace is helped or hampered by a public International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Would keeping indictments confidential facilitate justice?
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International law requires Libya's National Transitional Council to implement the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, and to hand any suspects it holds over to The Hague.
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After some six years of proceedings, the International Criminal Court trial of Thomas Lubanga is entering its final phase. The case has been marked by both milestones and near-disasters for international justice.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Alison Cole, child soldiers, complementarity, Democratic Republic of Congo, intermediaries, International Criminal Court, international justice, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, rape, Thomas Lubanga
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