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Ntaganda says he is not the Terminator

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A former Congo military leader on trial for charges ranging from murder and rape to conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery told...

ICC prosecutor calls for conviction in DRC sexual slavery case

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The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) called on judges to convict a former Congo military leader on charges ranging from...

ISS: The ICC is as strong as the support it gets...

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The creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) 20 years ago today marked the beginning of the end of an era of...

Second ICC warrant for Libyan commander

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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a second arrest warrant for Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a Libyan National Army (LNA) commander accused...

Bemba release ordered after war crimes acquittal

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Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese ex-vice president whose war crimes conviction was quashed on appeal last week, must be released, judges at International...

Congo’s Bemba seeks release after war crimes acquittal

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Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese ex-vice president whose war crimes conviction was quashed on appeal last week, will seek his immediate release on...

Bemba acquitted of war crimes

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) overturned the war crimes conviction of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, a...

Mali war crimes suspect to appear at ICC

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An Islamist militant suspected of committing war crimes in Mali is due to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The...

Mali war crimes suspect in custody

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The International Criminal Court has taken into custody at its detention centre in the Netherlands a Malian man accused of war crimes...

Libyan commander wanted by ICC hands himself in to military police

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A Libyan commander sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the alleged summary execution of dozens of people has handed himself...

ISS: South Africa’s squandered chance to show real leadership

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Last year South Africa announced its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). But the country's efforts were stalled when...

ICC wants UN Security Council action on outstanding arrest warrants

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Omar Al Bashir recently travelled to countries which recognise the International Criminal Court (ICC) but none arrested or surrendered the Sudanese President,...

UN chief wants universal ratification of ICC founding treaty

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres this week stressed the importance of all states ratifying the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

ISS: Will other African countries follow Burundi out of the ICC?

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been authorised to begin investigations into alleged crimes against humanity in Burundi between...

Burundi opposition welcomes war crimes probe

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Burundi rejected plans by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow prosecutors to investigate war crimes in the central African nation, while...

ICC backs Burundi investigation

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The International Criminal Court approved a prosecution request to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in Burundi by government and government-linked groups against...

Former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo stays in detention

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The International Criminal Court said judges ordered former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to remain in detention during his war crimes trial. Judges...

Elite force commander arrested in Libya

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Security forces in eastern Libya said they arrested the commander of an elite forces unit wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Court holds Islamist liable for $3,2 million damages after Timbuktu destruction

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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled a former Islamist rebel jailed for wrecking holy sites in Timbuktu was liable for...

ICC wants Libyan army commander arrested

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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for a Libyan National Army (LNA) commander accused of the alleged...

ISS: The real problem behind South Africa’s refusal to arrest al-Bashir

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Last week the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that South Africa erred in its decision not to arrest Sudanese...

ICC rebukes South Africa for not arresting Bashir

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The International Criminal Court yesterday rebuked South Africa for not arresting Sudan's president on a genocide warrant when he visited Johannesburg in...

War crimes court to rule on South Africa’s failure to arrest...

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Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) will rule on Thursday on whether South Africa violated ICC rules by failing to arrest...

War crimes prosecutor calls for arrest of Saif Gaddafi

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called for the arrest and surrender of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, wanted on war crimes charges...

ICC pre-trial chamber to meet on South Africa’s non-arrest of Al-Bashir

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The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court repeated her call for States to arrest and surrender the suspects of alleged genocide, war...

ICC mulling inquiry on crimes against migrants in Libya

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor expressed alarm at the inhumane detention of thousands of vulnerable migrants in Libya and said she...

ICC unseals Gaddafi aide arrest warrant

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The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant for the former head of Libya's Internal Security Agency, saying he was suspected of...

ISS: Clutching at straws – SA’s reasons for not arresting al-Bashir

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In the first public hearing of its kind, the South African government explained to the International Criminal Court (ICC) why it failed...

Report South Africa or risk impotence, ICC told

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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday urged judges to report South Africa for defying an arrest warrant for Sudan's...

South Africa defends decision to ignore ICC’s Bashir arrest warrant

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South Africa told the International Criminal Court on Friday that it believed it was under no obligation to arrest Sudanese President Omar...

Recent Congo violence could amount to war crimes

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Recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the killing of foreign United Nations experts, could constitute war crimes,...

Ivory Coast’s former first lady cleared of war crimes

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A court in Ivory Coast acquitted former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges linked to her...

ICC orders Congo militia leader to pay victims

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday found Congolese former militia leader Germain Katanga liable for $1 million in damages to his...

ICC adds a year to Bemba’s conviction for attempted bribery of...

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The United Nations-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) this week sentenced former Congolese Vice-President, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, to another year in prison and...

South Africa asked to appear at ICC in April over Sudan’s...

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South African authorities have been asked to appear at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 7 over the failure to arrest...

South Africa revokes ICC withdrawal

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South Africa on Tuesday formally revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court after its High Court blocked government's bid to exit...

South Africa still intends to quit the ICC – Justice Minister

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South Africa's government still plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Minister Michael Masutha said, after a court ruled...

Gaddafi son’s trial unfair, should go to ICC: UN

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The trial of a son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fell short of international standards and the appeals court should review...

Gambia to remain in ICC

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Gambia's new government has told the United Nations it will remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC), state media reported on Monday,...

African leaders cautiously back strategy to quit ICC

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African leaders have backed a "strategy of collective withdrawal" from the International Criminal Court (ICC) with unspecified reservations an African Union official...

Ugandan lawmakers petition ICC

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A group of Ugandan lawmakers have sent a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask for an investigation into possible...

Kenyan president indicates Nairobi may reconsider ICC membership

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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Monday the country will think seriously about membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC), signalling another...

ICC to discuss South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudan’s Bashir

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International Criminal Court judges on Thursday asked South Africa to send representatives to a hearing next year to determine whether it had...

Ugandan LRA fighter accused of raping and enlisting children

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An alleged senior commander in the infamous Lord's Resistance Army was notorious among fellow soldiers for enslaving and raping particularly young girls,...

Sex crimes in focus at Hague trial of Ugandan rebel commander

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A top lieutenant of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony goes on trial in The Hague on Tuesday accused of war crimes...

Namibia will stay in ICC – if US joins president says

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Namibia would remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the United States joined, Namibia's president Hage Geingob said in...

Burundi president’s aide survives attack, guard killed

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A senior aide to Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza was injured in an attack on Monday night that also killed one of his...

Under fire, ICC prosecutor says to uphold fight against atrocities

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The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said her investigations into alleged war crimes would not be impacted by the plans of three African...

ISS: Sticking with the ICC is Africa’s best shot at reform

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Today, 16 November, the 15th Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court...

Gambia to leave ICC in November 2017

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Gambia has notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which will take effect on November 10,...