By Luciana Bohne | CounterPunch | April 1, 2016 As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. They kill us for their sport — Edgar in William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” [The condemnation of Radovan Karadzic to forty years of imprisonment by the International Crime Tribunal-Yugoslavia occasions these reflections.] They come; they see; people […]
Sputnik – 27.01.2016 According to an ICC statement, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court has authorized an investigation for the crimes within the ICC jurisdiction, allegedly committed in and around South Ossetia between July 1 and October 10, 2008. Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized an investigation for […]
Agrichemical giant Monsanto will face trial before The Hague for charges of ecocide and crimes against humanity and nature.
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By David Hoile | Dissident Voice | November 22, 2015 The Assembly of States Parties is meeting this month in The Hague to review the work of the International Criminal Court and to discuss the ICC’s budget. The ASP is the International Criminal Court’s management oversight and legislative body. The Assembly also elects the judges […]
The BRICS Post | October 13, 2015 A ruling ANC policy meeting has given its nod for South African plans to withdraw its membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This ‘landmark’ decision is bound to spur greater debate on the ICC and its ‘inherent biases’. Let’s rewind a bit here. At its national conference […]
By Dr David Hoile | MEMO | July 29, 2015 The debate that has opened up regarding the International Criminal Court as a consequence of South Africa’s decision not to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir while he was attending the recent African Union summit in Johannesburg and Palestine’s successful application to join the court is […]
By Dr. David Hoile | Black Agenda Report | July 1, 2015 It has taken Africa just over a decade to conclude that the International Criminal Court (ICC), established in 2002 by the Rome Statute, is simply unfit for purpose. That certainly is the conclusion of the South African government following the recent African Union […]
Ma’an – June 25, 2015 BETHLEHEM – Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki is scheduled to make the State of Palestine’s first submission to the International Criminal Court in the Hague on Thursday in pursuit of war crime charges against Israel. The PA foreign minister and a high-profile delegation are expected to arrive at the […]
MEMO | June 14, 2015 A high court in South Africa issued an interim order Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country. Al-Bashir is currently in South Africa attending the 25th African Union Summit that is underway in Johannesburg. The South African court will decide later on Sunday whether or not to […]
By Paul de Rooij | MEMO | May 6, 2015 Amnesty International has issued four reports on the Israeli massacre in Gaza in 2014.1 Given the scale of the destruction and the number of fatalities, any attempt to document the crimes committed should be welcomed. However, these reports are problematic, and raise questions about the […]
