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International Criminal Court: Russia urged to withdraw arrest warrants for judges

·October 14, 2023·1 min read

“We share the concerns expressed on Tuesday by the Presidency of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties that these actions are unacceptable, and we call for them to be promptly withdrawn,” said Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, speaking in Geneva. Last month, Russia issued arrest warrants against the President, deputy and one...

Bringing a war criminal to justice

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·July 17, 2023·8 min read

The trial of Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka was the most emblematic, complex case the court in North Kivu province had ever handled, and its proceedings and final judgement in 2020 provide a compelling example of how to bring a war criminal to justice. Ahead of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Day of International...

Darfur: International Criminal Court launches investigation into surging violence

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·July 14, 2023·2 min read

Briefing the Security Council, Prosecutor Karim Khan, said that the mandate of his office, pursuant to resolution 1593 referring the situation in Darfur to the Court in 2005, was clear. “[Our mandate is] ongoing with respect to crimes within our jurisdiction, the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war...

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

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·June 1, 2023·2 min read

Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović were convicted by the court – part of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) which took over from the ICTY – in 2021, for their roles training death squads accused of ethnic cleansing during the conflict that saw the breakup of the former...

Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts

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·January 28, 2023·2 min read

“We have serious concerns about impunity and the failure to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, deaths in police custody, ‘joint enterprise’ convictions, and the dehumanising nature”, of the so-called ‘stop and search’ policing strategy, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said in a statement at...