Established in 2002 and based in The Hague, the ICC is a criminal court that can bring cases against individuals for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Most recently, on Monday it issued a request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three leaders of Hamas, the de…
“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of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties that these actions are unacceptable, and we call for them to be promptly withdrawn,” said Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, speaking in Geneva.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 of the judges at the…
Image courtesy: The Guardian London. The Director General (DG) of Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) says that criminal groups from hostile countries are active in Britain. The head of the National Crime Agency, Graeme Bigger, said in his speech in London about the crime threats facing the UK that 59,000 people are involved in organized…
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 Criminal Justice, which marks the…
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 crimes; and any individual who…
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 Yugoslavia in the early 1990s….
The date of the criminal trial against former US President Donald Trump has been announced, which will take place on March 25 next year. According to foreign media, Donald Trump will face criminal proceedings in March next year for changing business records and secret payments to porn stars. Manhattan District Court Judge Van Merchen announced…
—File photo: Reuters The Hague: Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). According to Russian media, the ICC prosecutor prepared a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin on charges of war crimes in March, after which Moscow issued a warrant for the prosecutor’s arrest….
An Indian court sentenced a man to death for the murder of a 6-year-old girl. According to Indian media, the District and Sessions Court of Gujarat sentenced a 34-year-old man to death on the charge of murdering his relative’s 6-year-old girl after raping her. According to the prosecution, the accused raped his 6-year-old relative girl…
Europol has cracked down on Italy’s most powerful crime syndicate. Europol said more than 100 people belonging to the group had been arrested in the crackdown, according to the news agency from Rome. Europol added that those arrested are suspected of involvement in drug and arms trafficking. The group’s network used to smuggle drugs from…
