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ICC should increase efforts to bring war criminals to justice: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] on Monday to improve its impact and stimulate cooperation amongst the international community as the court enters its second decade. HRW (More) |
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UN elects 18 members including US to serve on rights council
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday elected 18 countries , including the US, to a three-year term on the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning January 1. The secret ballot election was held at the UN headquarters in New York, and the followi (More) |
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ICC finds Ivory Coast ex-president fit to stand trial for crimes against humanity
Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] on Friday found former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] fit to stand trial [decisio (More) |
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Ivory Coast ex-president requests release from custody before trial
A lawyer representing Laurent Gbagbo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] requested on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] release Gbagbo from custody while he awaits his trial. Gbagbo is the for (More) |
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ICC refuses to allow pre-trial leave for Ivory Coast ex-president
The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] on Friday denied a request by former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to leave the Netherlands for medical (More) |
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Ivory Coast opposition member imprisoned for six months
The secretary general of a leading Ivory Coast opposition party was sentenced on Friday to six months of imprisonment. Laurent Akoun of the Ivorian Popular Front, the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo , was sentenced after being convicted of (More) |
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ICC rejects ex-Ivory Coast president's jurisdiction challenge
The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] on Monday dismissed a challenge by former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo that the court lacks jurisdiction to try him. Gbagbo is being cha (More) |
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Ivory Coast commission reports war crimes committed during post-election violence
The Ivory Coast's commission of inquiry into the country's 2010 post-election violence submitted a report to President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday revealing that hundreds of fighters on both sides of the hostilities committed war crimes and hum (More) |
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ICC postpones hearing for Ivory Coast ex-president due to health issues
The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday postponed the confirmation of charges hearing in the case against former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] until the issue of his (More) |
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Four men arrested for killing UN officials in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] announced Friday that four men responsible for killing seven UN officials during an armed conflict near the border town of Tai were arrested in Liberia [BBC backgrounder; JUR (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
