Mass Graves in Cote D’Ivoire Under UN Investigation

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 [...]

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Rwanda Threatens Darfur Troop Withdrawl if UN Report Published

New York Times, JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and JOSH KRON Aug 31 2010 NAIROBI, Kenya — Rwanda stepped up its threats on Tuesday to withdraw thousands of peacekeepers from Sudan if the United Nations publishes a report that accuses Rwandan forces of massacring civilians and possibly committing genocide in Congo years ago. Rwanda appears to be trying [...]

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Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Asks Kenya to “Clarify” Bashir Visit

AFP Aug 29 2010 Former UN chief Kofi Annan said on Sunday Kenya should clarify its position on the International Criminal Court after it last week hosted Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir, wanted for genocide. “Like many, I was surprised by the presence of President Al-Bashir of Sudan in Nairobi for the promulgation of Kenya?s new constitution,” [...]

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Bashir Visits Kenya in Defiance of ICC Warrant

VOA New Aug 29 2010 Kenya has rejected international criticism over the inclusion of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Friday’s Promulgation Day festivities.  The east African nation has defended its actions as necessary for regional stability and national security. At a news conference in Nairobi, members of the Kenyan government defended the decision to invite [...]

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UN Report on Rwanda Genocide and DRC Sparks Controversy

Max Fisher August 29, 2010 The Atlantic Wire A leaked United Nations report on the Rwandan genocide makes the explosive charge that the Rwandan Army, long credited with helping to end the infamous 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, committed hundreds of acts of genocide against ethnic Hutu refugees in 1996-1997. The document, first reported by [...]

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UN Chronicle Ban-Ki Moon on Future Role of the ICC

The Age of Accountability By Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General May 27 2010 Twelve years ago, world leaders gathered in Rome to establish the International Criminal Court. Seldom since the founding of the United Nations itself has such a resounding blow been struck for peace, justice and human rights. On May 31, nations come together [...]

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UN Recommends ICC investigate Guinea

VOA News, Feb 3 2010 Guinea’s national inquiry into September’s killing of opposition demonstrators says all suspects should be tried before Guinean courts.  A U.N. investigation says they should be brought before the International Criminal Court. Guinea’s national commission of inquiry is recommending a general amnesty for opposition leaders who it says broke the law [...]

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UN Appoints Richard Goldstone to Lead Israel-Gaza Probe

Associated Press, 03 April 2009 GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations on Friday appointed a widely respected South African judge who is a trustee of Hebrew University to lead a high-level mission to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip. Israel refused to say if it would cooperate. Richard Goldstone, the [...]

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UN Official Discusses Impact of Darfur Aid Group Expulsion

By Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 21 March 2009 UNITED NATIONS — The humanitarian situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate in the wake of Sudan’s decision to expel major foreign aid organizations from the country, a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Friday, with a majority of Council members sharply criticizing Khartoum [...]

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Mbeki Assumes Leadership of AU Darfur Panel

Peter Heinlein , VOA News Addis Ababa 18 March 2009 Former SA President Thabo Mbeki A high-level panel led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki has begun work exploring a possible African-led solution to the crisis in Darfur. The panel’s opening session heard strong calls for a deferment of International Criminal Court war crimes [...]

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