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Sudan plans to create domestic courts for war crimes trials
Sudan plans to create its own internationally-monitored courts to try war crimes suspects from the country's Darfur region , League of Arab States (LAS) official Hisham Yussef said on Tuesday. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Net (More) |
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Arab League plans response to possible al-Bashir arrest warrant
The head of the League of Arab States on Sunday presented a plan to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] recommending how he should react to an application for an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (More) |
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Arab League condemns ICC prosecutor for seeking arrest of Sudan president
The Arab League issued a resolution on Saturday criticizing International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] for genocide, crimes (More) |
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ICC chief prosecutor considering additional case against Darfur rebels
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that he will widen his investigation into war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region to include attacks by rebel groups against African Union (AU) peacekeeping forc (More) |
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ICC effort to arrest Sudan president criticized by international organizations
The Arab League , African Union (AU) and others have criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's Monday application for an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile, JURIST news archive]. Al-Ba (More) |
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The US and the International Criminal Court Then and Now
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer, former US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), now at Northwestern University School of Law, reflects on the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of negotiations on the Rome Statute establishing (More) |
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Indicting Sudan's President for War Crimes: Could George Bush be Next?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that even though the recent indictment of sitting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir by the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes (More) |
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ICC prosecutor applies for warrant to arrest Sudan president
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo applied for an arrest warrant [application, PDF; ICC press release] Monday for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] on charges of genocide, crime (More) |
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Sudan seeks Arab League talks over possible ICC warrant to arrest president
Sudan has asked the Arab League to convene emergency crisis talks concerning a possible International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST news archive] arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir . The Arab League Secretary-Gene (More) |
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Sudanese president: US State Department
International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST news archive] chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will seek a warrant to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , according to statements [press briefing; video] made Friday by US State (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.
