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Belgium says it is willing to receive former Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo
Belgium says it is willing to receive former Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo after he is released from International Criminal Court custody, but officials are still discussing details of his stay. Foreign affairs spokesman Karl Lagatie said Saturday that Belgium has "in principle accepted to ...
Tribunal for crimes committed in Myanmar against Rohingya urgently needed, rights law group says
A human rights law group contracted by the U.S. State Department to investigate atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar said on Monday there was an urgent need to establish a criminal tribunal to bring those responsible to justice. A report released on Monday by the ...
ICC to probe nonsignatory Myanmar's alleged crimes against Rohingya
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor opened a preliminary probe on Tuesday into Myanmar's alleged crimes against Rohingya Muslims, including killings, sexual violence and forced deportations. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will look at whether there is enough evidence to warrant a full investigation into Myanmar's military crackdown, ...
International Criminal Court 'undeterred' after U.S. sanctions threat
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said its work would continue "undeterred" after Washington threatened to prosecute its officials if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan. "The ICC, as a court of law, will continue to do its work undeterred, in accordance ...
U.S. threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan
The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. White House National Security Adviser John Bolton called the Hague-based rights body "unaccountable" ...
U.S. ups pressure on Palestinians, closing Washington PLO mission
The United States announced Monday it will shutter the Palestinian mission in Washington, adding further pressure on them to enter peace talks with Israel. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert accused the Palestine Liberation Organization of refusing to support negotiations while a Palestinian official called the ...
20 years on, International Criminal Court urges help to fight war crimes
The International Criminal Court marked its 20th anniversary Tuesday by urging all nations to help its "vital work" seeking justice for war crimes victims, despite its controversial acquittal of a former Congolese militia chief. "Two decades after the Rome conference, the system of international justice ...
Bringing Myanmar abusers of Rohingya before ICC seen as unlikely with allies' UNSC veto power
A top U.N. rights expert said Rohingya were still being persecuted inside Myanmar but warned there is little chance perpetrators will end up in the dock because they are protected by powerful foreign allies. U.N. special rapporteur to Myanmar Yanghee Lee made the stark comments ...
War crimes judges will hold closed-door talks next month to discuss whether to allow the launch of a probe into the forced exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. Only chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will appear before the three judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
Myanmar 'seriously concerned' over war crimes prosecutor's move on Rohingya jurisdiction
The government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi expressed "serious concern" Friday over a move by the International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Since August, nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled a brutal military ...
Mystery surrounds late Libyan leader Gadhafi's son Seif — is he a prisoner or a free man?
Nearly a year after a Libyan militia announced it had set free the son and heir apparent of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the fate of Seif al-Islam remains a mystery. His reported release from detention by the Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade which once controlled the ...
Duterte urges other nations to quit Hague-based ICC during military academy speech
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday urged other nations to follow his move to quit a treaty underpinning the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is examining his deadly drug war. Duterte lashed out at the war crimes tribunal two days after his government officially notified the ...
