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AI: UN Security Council must not defer trial of Kenya president
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council not to defer the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta despite mounting political pressure. A draft resolution seeking the deferral was ci (More) |
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Senior officials from top international courts brief UN General Assembly
The presidents of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] briefed [press release, UN News Centre report] the UN General Assembly Thursday, providing information on (More) |
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ICC postpones trial of Kenya president
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday postponed the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta [official website; JURIST news archive] until February, vacating the previously established November commencement date. The chamber ex (More) |
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ICC prosecutor asks court to require Kenya president to attend trial
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] asked the court Saturday to set aside their decision [press release; JURIST report] earlier this month allowing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [offici (More) |
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ICC: Kenya leader not excused from attending trial
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Friday that Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto [ICC materials; JURIST news archive] must be present for most of his trial at The Hague, unanimously reversing the Trial Chamber' (More) |
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Africa Should Let the ICC Live Up to its Mandate
JURIST Guest Columnist Fred Kennedy Nkusi of the Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali and Mount Kenya University in Rwanda says that the current pressure by the African Union to demonize the ICC as outside control, misses the greater pic (More) |
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Kenya asks Security Council to delay ICC trials
In an open letter to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Kenya's UN Ambassador Macharia Kamau requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) defer the trials against Kenyan officials . Kamau emphasized the country's current security strug (More) |
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ICC allows Kenya president to be absent from trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] ruled on Friday that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [official website; JURIST news archive] need not be present for his whole trial for crimes against humanity. The cou (More) |
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Rights group criticizes African Union ICC declaration
Amnesty International (AI) on Sunday stated that the African Union (AU) declaration on Saturday that no senior government officials should appear before the (More) |
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Africa leaders should be immune from ICC prosecution: AU
The African Union (AU) unanimously resolved Saturday that African heads of state should be immune from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder]. In particular the AU denounced the ICC trials of K (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
