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Non-Signatory Countries
Of the 139 states that signed the Rome Statute, 32 have not yet ratified the treaty. According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties , a state that has signed but not ratified a treaty is obliged to refrain from "acts which would defeat the (More) |
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ICC Suspects Can Hide — and That Is the Problem
JURIST Guest Columnists Richard Dicker and Elizabeth Evenson of the Human Rights Watch argue that the efficacy of the International Criminal Court depends upon international efforts to apprehend criminals...The International Criminal Court (ICC) has (More) |
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Palestine's Upgraded Status and the International Criminal Court
JURIST Guest Columnist Megan A. Fairlie of the Florida International University College of Law says the International Criminal Court (ICC) will ultimately delay pursuing an investigation into the effect of Palestine's non-Member Observer State status (More) |
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Defense lawyers for Congo rebel leader open case before ICC
Defense lawyers for former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday opened their case in the International Criminal Court [official website; JURIST backgrounder]. B (More) |
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Congo military guilty of human rights abuses during elections: UN
Military forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) committed human rights violations during last year's presidential elections, according to a report published Tuesday by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), consisting of the UN Of (More) |
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ICC begins trial of Congo rebel leader Bemba
The trial of former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive], began Monday in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Bemba is on trial for charges stemming from his activit (More) |
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ICC orders new review of Congo rebel leader Bemba's continued detention
Appellate judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled [judgment, PDF; press release] Friday that the trial chamber must review the continued detention of former Democratic Republic of Congo vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba [ICC material (More) |
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ICC allows trial of Congo rebel leader Bemba to proceed
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled [judgment, PDF; press release] Tuesday that the war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba [ICC materials; JURIST news archive] can proceed. Appeals c (More) |
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Congo rebel leader Bemba claims lack of funds precludes fair trial
Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive] argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday that Bemba lacks the financial resources to ensure a fa (More) |
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ICC allows trial of accused Congo militia leader to continue
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday denied the stay of proceedings request of accused Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga . Katanga filed the appeal in June seeking a stay of proceedings and a declaration o (More) |
Supreme Court upheld discriminatory districting
On June 10, 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld uneven congressional districting plans in Colegrove v. Green. The case challenged an Illinois districting plan that concentrated voters into large districts in the center of the state and did not balance for population. The Court reasoned that districting was a political question for the states to decide without judicial interference. This opinion was overturned less than 20 years later in Baker v. Carr, which set judicial standards for invoking political question doctrine.
Learn more about political question doctrine from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law.
