From FM News, NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 12 2010- The International Centre for Transitional Justice says it is unlikely that African Union member states will support the call by Kenya to withdraw from the Rome Statute which establishes the International Criminal Court . The Head of the ICTJ Kenya Office Njonjo Mue ruled out a case [...]
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ICTJ Says AU Support for Kenya’s ICC Withdrawl Unlikely
Posted in News Updates, tagged African Union, AU, ICC, Kenya on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kenyan Officials Seek AU Support in ICC Withdrawl
Posted in News Updates, tagged AU, ICC, Kenya on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
12 January 2011 VOA News The campaign to remove Kenya from the International Criminal Court appears to be gathering steam as the east African nation looks to rally diplomatic support across Africa. Members of Kenya’s cabinet are currently crossing the continent to gain African Union support for withdrawal from the court, the country’s major news [...]
Mass Graves in Cote D’Ivoire Under UN Investigation
Posted in News Updates, tagged Cote D'Ivoire, ICC, UN on January 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Guardian Jan 2 2010 UN peacekeepers have been ordered to do everything in their power to investigate reports of atrocities and mass graves in Ivory Coast, where post-election violence is alleged to have left more than 200 people dead. The instruction came as the opposition leader Alassane Ouattara repeated his call for the international criminal court [...]
Wiki Leaks Cables Discuss US Position on ICC
Posted in News Updates, tagged ICC, Ocampo, US Government on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Guardian, Afua Hirsch Dec 17 2010 The international criminal court has proved one of the most controversial international institutions since its creation in 2002, drawing fire from some for its exclusive focus on Africa, and accused by others of pursuing the policy objectives of America and Europe. But America has also been hostile to the [...]
ICC Observers New Domain Location
Posted in News Updates on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear ICC Observers Readers, Please note that we are now located at the http://icc-observers.org domain name. You may still access the blog at the original http://iccobservers.wordpress.com as well. Thank you for your continued patience as we update the web site and make new content available to all those interested in the ongoing activities of the [...]
Kenyan Parliament Dismisses Politicians Request to Withdraw from ICC
Posted in News Updates, tagged ICC, Kenya, Ocampo on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bloomberg Sarah McGregor and Eric Ombok - Dec 16, 2010 Kenya’s Parliament dismissed a motion to end the East African nation’s obligation to cooperate with the International Criminal Court, which is pursuing cases against six Kenyans for their alleged roles in post-election violence in 2008. Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Farah Maalim said lawmaker Isaac Ruto didn’t follow proper procedure because [...]
ICC Issues Indictments over Kenyan Election Violence
Posted in News Updates, tagged ICC, Kenya, Ocampo on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times, Dec 15 2010 AMU, Kenya — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Courtis seeking to indict several high-ranking Kenyan politicians, including the finance minister and a former national police chief, for crimes against humanity in what he calls an orchestrated campaign to displace, torture, persecute and kill civilians during Kenya’s election crisis in [...]
ICC Prosecutor Press Release for Kenya Indictments
Posted in News Updates, Site-Visit Reports, tagged ICC, Kenya, Ocampo, Waki Report on December 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dec 15 2010 Available at http://www.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/BA2041D8-3F30-4531-8850-431B5B2F4416.htm Kenya’s post election violence: ICC Prosecutor presents cases against six individuals for crimes against humanity ICC-OTP-20101215-PR615 ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo today requested the International Criminal Court to issue summonses to appear against six Kenyan citizens to face justice for massive crimes committed during the post-election violence (PEV) in Kenya. The [...]
Travel Restrictions for Bashir Continue
Posted in News Updates, tagged Arrest Warrant, Bashir, ICC, Sudan, Zambia on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tim Witcher (AFP) – Dec 12 2010 UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court faces a new battle of wills this week with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir even as its top prosecutor says the wanted leader is increasingly encircled. Bashir, who faces ICC warrants for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, has [...]
ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo Says Violence in Darfur Continues
Posted in News Updates on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times NEIL MacFARQUHAR Dec 9 2010 Hundreds of civilians have been killed and thousands displaced in Darfur in the past six months as violence has continued there, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday. The government of Sudan was neither cooperating with the court in pursuing the [...]
