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ICC prosecutor seeks UN support for arrest of suspected Sudan war criminals
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday called on the UN Security Council to support the arrest [statement, PDF; press release] of two Sudanese men indicted for war crimes. The suspects, Ahmad Harun and Ali (More) |
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Four men convicted of killing USAID worker escape Sudan prison
Four men sentenced to death for the murder of a US Agency for International Development (USAID) official and his driver in Sudan escaped prison on Thursday, according to police officials. John Granville and his Sudanese driver Abdelrahman Abbas Ra (More) |
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Uganda invites Sudan president to AU summit despite war crimes charges
The Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday that the government has changed its position concerning a previous decision not to invite Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to an African Union (AU) summit (More) |
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ACLU renews calls for Bush-era detainee 'torture' investigation
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on the Obama administration to stop shielding Bush administration officials from civil suit and criminal prosecution in relation to the treatment of detainees in US custody. The organizat (More) |
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UN SG hails 'age of accountability' at ICC review conference
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed the dawning of an "age of accountability" during the opening day of the review session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Ban described the first Review Conference of the Rome St (More) |
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Amnesty annual report decries 'global justice gap'
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released its 2010 Annual Report [materials; press release], highlighting a "global justice gap" caused by influential governments avoiding accountability for human rights abuses. AI was critical of t (More) |
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ICC reports Sudan to UN for lack of cooperation with arrest warrants
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday reported Sudan to the UN Security Council for lack of cooperation in the pursuit of alleged war criminals Ahmad Harun and Ali Kushayb . ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I released a decision asking the S (More) |
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Africa groups urge greater cooperation with ICC
A collection of African civil society organizations on Monday issued a declaration urging greater cooperation between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and African nations during the upcoming ICC review conference. The group of 124 organizati (More) |
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The Greatest Threat to Africans' Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, professor of law at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, says that climate change will ravage the African continent if its leaders do not urgently assert their peoples' rights... Africa is the ric (More) |
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Palestine and the International Criminal Court
JURIST Guest Columnists Michael Kearney, a lecturer in international law at the University of York (UK), and Victor Kattan, Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, argue for the recognition of Palestine as (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
