Convicting the US of war crimes
Jun 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power There is a clock ticking towards July 20th. That is when the International Criminal Court (ICC) goes into its summer recess. The […]
Myanmar says ‘seriously concerned’ over war crimes prosecutor move on Rohingya jurisdiction
Rohingya Muslim men with their hands bound kneel as members of the Myanmar security forces stand guard in Inn Din village on Sept 2, 2017.PHOTO: REUTERS YANGON (REUTERS) – The […]
Once triumphant Bosnian Serb commander Mladic reduced to frail genocide defendant
Reuters International This content was published on November 22, 2017 A mural of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic is seen on a building in Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina November […]
ICC calls for ‘immediate arrest’ of Qadhafi son
By AFP – Jun 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on August 23, 2011 shows Saif Al Islam Qadhafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, appearing in […]
African states consider mass withdrawal from war crimes court
Three African countries already plan to quit ICC. Reuters / 29 January 2017 African countries are considering a co-ordinated withdrawal from the International Criminal Court if it is not reformed to address what they see as its bias against the continent, according to a document seen by Reuters. Almost a […]
Should Africa leave the International Criminal Court?
Nov 03,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Many African leaders have been angry for a number of years because the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the affiliated Rwanda and Sierra Leone war crimes courts appear to have focused exclusively on African war criminals — in Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Ivory […]
Amal Clooney discusses effort to legally fight Islamic State
TERROR Published September 19, 2016 Associated Press FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, British lawyer Amal Clooney attends a press conference with former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed in London. Clooney is pushing for the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State commanders for genocide. Clooney wants […]
Tehran won’t let $2b ‘international theft’ takes effect: Velayati
April 30, 2016 TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, head of the Expediency Council Center for Strategic Research, said on Thursday that Tehran won’t allow the U.S. to rob $2 billion of Iranian funds. “The Islamic Republic has shown it will never waive its rights… and the Iranian people won’t allow […]
International Criminal Court Files Request to Question Gaddafi: Report
December, 26, 2015 – TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The International Criminal Court reportedly filed a request to Lebanese authorities to question the son of deposed Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi, the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat said Saturday. General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud is studying a request by ICC to question Hannibal Gaddafi over […]
Palestinian families hope for justice at ICC
Palestinian families hope for justice at ICC A group of cases related to Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza were recently submitted to the International Criminal Court. Creede Newton | 18 […]
ISLAMIC STATE : Swiss want International Criminal Court intervention
MAR 28, 2015 – 14:10 Iraqi security forces prepare to confront Islamic State in Tikrit (Keystone) Switzerland has appealed to the UN Security Council on Friday to prosecute war crimes in Iraq under the International Criminal Court (ICC). It also reiterated its support for a similar ICC intervention in Syria. […]
German rights chief says Israel must work with ICC
Source: Arab News BERLIN: Germany’s top human rights official has urged Israel to cooperate with the International Criminal Court probe into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories. After the […]
ICC probe into Israel’s Gaza invasion welcomed
Source: Arab News GAZA: The Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday it welcomed a decision by the International Criminal Court to launch an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories. ICC prosecutors said on Friday the preliminary examination would scrutinize “in full independence and impartiality” crimes that may […]
Time for serious Palestinian leadership
Summary The move by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to join the International Criminal Court and give it jurisdiction to investigate allegations of Israeli and other war crimes in Palestine should be seen as a positive development that brings international law to play in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The failure at […]
Abbas signs onto International Criminal Court after UN loss
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day after a bid for independence by 2017 failed at the United Nations Security Council. The move which angered Israel and seemed likely […]
Don’t censor Gaza war investigation
Plans to delay the release of a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee investigation into Operation Protective Edge until after the election is inherently undemocratic. The public deserves to know the findings before they vote. Haaretz Editorial | Jan. 2, 2015 | 5:30 AM IDF soldiers mourn at funeral of comrade […]
Palestinian president backs membership in International Criminal Court
By Ruth Eglash and Carol Morello December 31 at 2:50 PM JERUSALEM — A day after a failed bid at the United Nations to push a Middle East peace settlement, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed an appeal Wednesday to join the International Criminal Court — a move that could open the way for filing war […]
Is The Hague making a mockery of justice so the CIA and MI6 can save face?
Robert Fisk investigates an alleged double standard over two prominent Libyans accused of crimes against humanity There’s a spot of skulduggery going on in the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. Not to put too fine a point upon it, a lot of questions are being asked about why […]
Palestinians face pressure not to take Israel to ICC (someone feeling guilty it seems!!!)
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinians are facing “intensive pressure” not to sue Israel for war crimes at the International Criminal Court if they win upgraded UN status, an official said on Wednesday. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said that various foreign governments, led by Britain, […]
ICC’s top prosecutor denies targeting only war criminals in Africa
Raphael Tenthani Independent Foreign Service, PRETORIA NEWS The prosecutor-elect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dispelled “perceptions” that the Hague-based court is there to punish only Africans. “A lot of it is only perception,” Fatou Bensouda said yesterday at an Open Society conference being held in Cape Town. “The […]