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Tag Archives: International Criminal Court

07Apr/17

Report South Africa or risk impotence, ICC told

April 7, 2017PoliticsCity: Pretoria Gauteng, Countries, Country: South Africa, Country: Sudan, Crime, Criminal law, Dire Tladi, Genocide, Government, International Criminal Court, Ja'alin tribe, Law, law enforcement, Law/Crime, Leaders, Local government, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Netherlands, Omar al-Bashir, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Pretoria, Prosecution, prosecutor, South Africa, Stevan Majiedt, Sudan, THE HAGUE, War/Conflictsmbale

ICC prosecutors dismiss South Africa’s arguments and urge judges to report Pretoria for non-compliance with the court.
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22Feb/17

South African court says government’s ICC withdrawal is unconstitutional

February 22, 2017CrimeAdama Barrow, Burundi, Cooperation, Countries, Crimes against humanity, Gambia, International Criminal Court, Johannesburg, Law by country, Michael Masutha, Omar al-Bashir, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Phineas Mojapelo, Pretoria, South Africa, States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Sudan, War crimessmbale

South African High Court rules the government’s decision to withdraw from International Criminal Court is unconstitutional.

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20Mar/16

Former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Verdict expected on Monday in Bemba war crimes trial at ICC

March 20, 2016WarAime Kilolo Musamba, Ange-Felix Patasse, Belgium, Bemba, Buyu language, Central African Republic, Congo, Continents, Countries, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Court investigations, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Joseph Kabila, Languages of Africa, Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Law/Crime, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Movement for the Liberation of the Congo, Netherlands, Nkwebe Liriss, Politics, Rebels, THE HAGUE, War crime, War in Darfur, War/Conflict, Wartime sexual violencesmbale

Jean-Pierre Bemba went on trial at the International Criminal Court over five years ago for war crimes including giving his troops licence to attack civilians, which led to mass rapes, murders and pillaging of civilians in the Central African Republic.

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25Jun/15

South Africa to review ICC membership

June 25, 2015PoliticsAfrica, African Union, Bashir, Cape Town, Countries, Geography of Africa, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Court investigations, International relations, Ja'alin tribe, Jeff Radebe, Omar al-Bashir, Political geography, Politics, president, Pretoria, Rome, South Africa, South Africa's government, Stevan Majiedt, Sudan, Sudan–United Kingdom relations, United Nations General Assembly observers, War in Darfur, War/Conflictsmbale

South Africa says it is considering withdrawing its membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC), after a dispute over the country’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

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14Jun/15

Bashir to leave South Africa , as planned, at the end of the AU summit -Sudan FM

June 14, 2015PoliticsAfrica, African Union, Bashir, Countries, Crimes against humanity, Darfur, Darfur conflict, Foreign Minister, Genocides, Hans Fabricius, Ibrahim Al-Ghandour, International Criminal Court, International criminal law, International relations, International response to the War in Darfur, Ja'alin tribe, Johannesburg, judge, Khartoum, National Congress, Omar al-Bashir, Politics, president, Pretoria, Pretoria Gauteng, South Africa, Sudan, Sudan–United Kingdom relations, Sudanese Revolution, War in Darfur, War/Conflictsmbale

Sudanese Foreign Minister says President Bashir is in South Africa to attend AU summit and will leave as scheduled despite South African court order preventing him from leaving.

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14Jun/15

South African court orders Bashir not to leave after ICC call for arrest

June 14, 2015PoliticsAfrica, CIA activities in Sudan, Countries, Darfur, Darfur conflict, Genocides, International Criminal Court, International relations, Ja'alin tribe, Janjaweed, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Politics, Politics of Sudan, Sadeq al-Mahdi, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan, Sudanese coup d'état, Sudanese Revolution, War in Darfur, War/Conflictsmbale

A South African court issues an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leaving the country, where he is attending an African summit, after the ICC called for his arrest.
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10Mar/15

Ivory Coast jails ex-first lady for 20 years over poll violence

March 10, 2015PoliticsAbidjan, Abidjan court, Aboudramane Sangaré, Africa, Alassane Ouattara, Bruno Dogbo Ble, CÃ´te d\'Ivoire, Continents, Côte d'Ivoire, Edouard Kouame, Government, In Ivory Coast, International Criminal Court, International relations, Ivorian crisis, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, Law/Crime, lawyer, Maturin Djirabout, Michel Gbagbo, Politicians, Politics, president, Rodrigue Dadje, Second Ivorian Civil War, Simone Gbagbo, Soungalo Coulibaly, THE HAGUE, Vagba Faussignaux, War/Conflictsmbale

Mixed reactions follow the jailing of former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo.

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27Feb/15

ICC confirms acquittal of Congolese warlord Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

February 27, 2015WarAfrica, Bogoro, Bunia, Chui, Congo, Cuno Tarfusser, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dissenting opinion, Ekatarina Trendafilova, Ekaterina Trendafilova, Erkki Kourula, Germain Katanga, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri, Ituri conflict, Ituri Interim Administration, judge, Judges, Law, Law/Crime, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Monageng, Nationality, Netherlands, Ngudjolo, Occupations, Sang-Hyun Song, THE HAGUE, War/Conflictsmbale

The International Criminal Court Appeals chamber confirms the acquittal of Congolese warlord Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui.

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