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ICC prosecutor reviewing Georgia conflict for war crimes
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced on Wednesday that his office is reviewing allegations that war crimes have been committed during the recent conflict over Georgia's breakaway region of South Os (More) |
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The Security Council's Struggle over Darfur and International Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer, who formerly led the US delegation in UN talks creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is now at Northwestern University School of Law, recalls the original intent behind Article 16 of the Rome Statu (More) |
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Sudan court gives death sentence to rebels convicted of Khartoum terrorist attack
A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced eight Darfur rebels to death, including the half brother of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim. Abdul Aziz Ashur and others were found guilty on charges related to a May rebel attack on t (More) |
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ICC prosecutor tactics criticized by rights groups
JURIST] The president of Human Rights Watch , mediation advisors, and other NGO leaders have recently begun to more openly criticize prosecutorial and other judgments [The Guardian report] made by International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor L (More) |
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Indicting Sudan's President Bashir is the practical and just option
Chad Hazlett and Nina McMurry [Director of Protection; Advocacy Analyst, Genocide Intervention Network]: "The debate continues as to whether Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir should be offered a way out of a possible ICC indictment via Articl (More) |
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ICC's arrest warrant for Bashir triggers state obligations to stop Darfur genocide
Betsy Apple and Nicolas Burniat [Director and Pennoyer Fellow, Crimes Against Humanity Program, Human Rights First]: "Efforts by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Courts (ICC) to obtain an arrest warrant against the president of Suda (More) |
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ICC prosecutor condemns Sudan war crimes probe
Sudan is merely going through the motions with its planned probe into Darfur human rights violations, said International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo in an interview with the Sudan Tribune on Monday. Moreno-Ocampo commented (More) |
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Sudan to try five for killing of US diplomat
An August 17 trial date has been set for five Sudanese men accused of killing John Granville, an aid worker affiliated with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) , Sudan's state media reported Friday. Following the January shootin (More) |
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Special Darfur prosecutor appointed by Sudan justice minister
Sudan Justice Minister Abdel-Basit Sabdarat said Wednesday that he had named one primary prosecutor and three assistants to investigate and try war crimes suspects from the country's Darfur region . The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the (More) |
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FISA amendments hamstring ICDAA's efforts to represent overseas clients
Daniel N. Arshack [Vice President, International Criminal Defense Attorney's Association]: "The FISA Amendments Act passed by the House (H.R. 6304) allows the mass acquisition of U.S. citizens' and residents' international communicat (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.
