Ocampo Seeks Darfur Rebel Warrants

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Darfur rebels
Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:12pm EST
By Reed Stevenson
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court prosecutor requested arrest warrants on Thursday for Darfur rebels for the first time, accusing them of storming an African Union camp and killing 12 peacekeepers.
Despite a ceasefire declared in Darfur by Sudanese President Omar Hassan [...]

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NGO Enough Responds to Prosecutors Request for Warrants of Darfur Rebels

Sudan: Enough Project Responds to ICC Prosecutor’s Recommendations for Darfur War Crimes Prosecution
ENOUGH Project (Washington, DC)
PRESS RELEASE
20 November 2008
Posted to the web 20 November 2008
Washington, DC
The Enough Project today issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The statement, which follows, is from John Prendergast, [...]

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ICTR to open Documentation Centers Across Rwanda

Rwanda: ICTR to Open Documentation Centres Countrywide
The New Times (Kigali)
19 November 2008
Posted to the web 19 November 2008
Kigali
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) recently opened a documentation centre at the Gasabo Judicial Palace, the seat for the Gasabo Tribunal of Higher Instance.
The centre, which includes television equipment that will enable area residents to follow [...]

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ICC will weigh in on whether mass rape can constitute genocide

Mass rapes constitute genocide
Written by David Scheffer
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir might be prosecuted for use of rape as a form of genocide. / Reuters
November 19, 2008: People hear the word “genocide” and think of six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust or the estimated 800,000 mostly Tutsis slaughtered in Rwanda.
They do [...]

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ICJ to hear Serbia-Croatia Genocide Case

AP Nov.18.2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Croatia won the right Tuesday to sue Serbia for genocide after the United Nations’ highest court ruled it has the legal power to decide the case.
The decision marks the second time Serbia will face the allegation of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Bosnia also accused Serbia’s forces of being [...]

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ICC Announces Lubanga Trial will begin in January

International court to prosecute Congo’s Lubanga
Nov. 18.2008
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court in The Hague has cleared the way to begin its first trial in January.
The court has lifted a suspension on the case against alleged Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga after the prosecution agreed to let judges review confidential material it received from [...]

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US releases State Department Opinion on ICC

U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice
John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State
Remarks at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 
Medford, Massachusetts
November 14, 2008 read full opinion

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Darfur Rebels Targeted by the ICC

AP Nov.14.2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday he will seek arrest warrants next week related to a deadly attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region.
The case is the first by the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal to target Darfur rebels, who are fighting government troops and [...]

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ICC warns it may take over investigation of Waki report in Kenya

 
Hague: We are ready to act on Waki report
By David Mugonyi, Citizen Correspondent, Nairobi
The International Criminal Court has warned that if Kenya does not move fast to act on the Waki report, then it will take over the cases of the names contained in a secret envelope handed to Kofi Annan.
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said if [...]

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Human Rights Watch Urges Support for ICC

 
RIghts Group Urges Support of War Crimes Court

By MIKE CORDER – Nov 12, 2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The world’s first permanent war crimes court needs more support as it monitors atrocities in Congo and struggles to have important suspects arrested, an international human rights group said Wednesday.
Human Rights Watch also said the International Criminal Court’s [...]

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