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Kenya president seeks to halt ICC criminal proceedings
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [official website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday applied for a permanent stay of the proceedings in his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder], claiming that a f (More) |
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Kenya Withdrawal from ICC a Symptom of Political Brainwash
JURIST Guest Columnist Roland Adjovi, Academic Director of the Arcadia Center for East African Studies says that while the Kenyan vote to withdraw from the ICC masks the greater danger of polarization in Africa opposing much needed applications of in (More) |
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ICC urges greater support from UN Security Council
The International Criminal Court (ICC) reported its busiest year on record to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. In the report, the ICC called for greater support from the UN Security Council. The ICC report talked about the futility of its de (More) |
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Kenya's ICC Withdrawal: The Wrong Face for ICC-Africa Relationship Debates
JURIST Guest Columnist Jess Kyle, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the International Criminal Court's African involvement in light of Kenya's withdrawal... (More) |
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African groups urge leaders to support ICC
A group of 130 African organizations on Monday published a letter urging African members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] to declare their support for the court at the upcoming African Union (AU) s (More) |
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ICC issues arrest warrant for witness tampering in Kenya war crimes case
The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] issued an arrest warrant [document, PDF; press release] on Tuesday for a man accused of tampering with prosecution witnesses in a case against Kenyan Deputy President Wil (More) |
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ICC orders Kenya leader's trial to resume next week
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday denied a request by Kenyan deputy president William Ruto [ICC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to adjourn his trial so that he may manage the aftermath of the recent Nairobi shopping ma (More) |
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Kenya's Withdrawal from ICC was Bound to Happen
JURIST Guest Columnist Christopher Cardona, John Marshall Law School Class of 2014, discusses Kenya's recent withdrawal from the ICC and what that could mean for other ICC member states... (More) |
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ICC grants Kenya leader's request to postpone trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday excused Kenyan deputy president William Ruto [ICC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] from trial proceedings for one week in order for him to return to Kenya to help respond to the terrorist attack at a (More) |
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UN SG urges justice in Kenya shopping mall terrorist attack
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack at a Nairobi shopping mall and urged the perpetrators to be brought to justice quickly. On Saturday, a group of armed fighters stormed the Westgate shopping mall and at lea (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.
