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The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the International Criminal Court.
Britain's official inquiry into the war in Iraq has appointed a former president of the International Court of Justice to help advise it on legal issues.
Israel must tear down its West Bank separation barrier, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday, marking five years since the International Court of Justice declared the barrier illegal and a violation of Palestinian rights.
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have appealed the tribunal's decision not to indict Sudan's president on charges of waging genocide in Darfur, according to a document released Tuesday.
The International Criminal Court's deputy prosecutor urged world leaders on Tuesday to cut ties with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the court for alleged war crimes in Darfur.
Senior leaders of Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah offered international support Friday to Sudan's president after he was charged with war crimes in Darfur, a sign that the bid to prosecute him could sharply radicalize his regime.
The International Criminal Court's decision to pursue a sitting head of state on war crimes charges puts others around the world on notice, but it's also raising questions about which leaders are being targeted.
The president of Sudan became a wanted man Wednesday when the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur — its first action against a sitting head of state and one that could set the stage for more world leaders to be indicted.
Belgium has taken Senegal to the International Court of Justice over the African nation's failure to prosecute a former Chad president for crimes against humanity and torture.
A 40-year dispute between Romania and Ukraine over an energy-rich area of the Black Sea was resolved Tuesday as the International Court of Justice drew a border giving Romania the larger share.
The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that the United States defied its order last year when authorities in Texas executed a Mexican convicted of rape and murder.
Australia on Wednesday withdrew a threat to take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel.
The International Court of Justice plans to rule Wednesday on whether to order Russia to take immediate steps to halt what Georgia calls ethnic cleansing in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday approved a resolution to ask the International Court of Justice to provide a formal opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence.
Shots fired near a Russian checkpoint outside separatist South Ossetia killed a Georgian police officer Wednesday, and police accused Russian forces of hindering their investigation.
Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic headed to New York on Thursday to seek U.N. support for his country's plan to question Kosovo's independence at the International Court of Justice.
Russia and Georgia on Tuesday exchanged prisoners captured during their brief war, a move that may reduce tensions and, Georgia hopes, hasten the promised withdrawal of Russian troops.
A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Monday that a former Congolese warlord must remain in custody while they consider prosecutors' appeal of the decision to free him.
The International Court of Justice on Friday awarded Singapore sovereignty over a disputed island at the eastern entrance of the Singapore Straits.
Peru asked the International Court of Justice on Wednesday to set its sea boundary through waters claimed by Chile, inflaming a diplomatic dispute with its neighbor.
The U.N.'s highest court cleared Serbia Monday of genocide against Muslims in Bosnia's bloody war. But it said the country's former government should have stopped the 1995 slaughter of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica and ordered Serb leaders to hand over the alleged architect of the massacre.
The International Court of Justice heard arguments Monday by Bosnia accusing Serbia of genocide, the first time a state has faced trial for humanity's worst crime.
The International Criminal Court and A Rogue EmpireIt's appropriate for this story to come to us from our northern neighbor. This is largely a history of the development of international law, culminating in the surprising success of the creation of an international criminal court (ICC).
Feb. 11 -- The New York Times reported today that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan. This marks the first time the ICC has sought to prosecute a sitting head of state.
Lawyers call for international court for the environmentStephen Hockman QC is proposing a body similar to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to be the supreme legal authority on issues regarding the environment.
Texas executes Mexican man despite objectionsA Mexican-born condemned prisoner was executed Tuesday night for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago after a divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve.
Texas executes Mexican man despite objectionsA Mexican-born condemned prisoner was executed Tuesday night for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago after a divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve.
Texas executes Mexican man despite objectionsA Mexican-born condemned prisoner was executed Tuesday night for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago after a divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve.
Will the ICC Indict George Bush too? The charges against Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, are analogous to the charges that could be brought against president Bush. And if the court indicts Bush, what would Obama do?
Bush backs Mexico, rapist-murdererDespicable. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday in which the Bush administration will seek to overturn the death penalty of a convicted rapist-murderer at the behest of the International Court of Justice.
Serbia's darkest pages hidden from genocide court - International Herald TribuneIn the spring of 2003, boxes with hundreds of documents arrived at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague containing hundreds of pages marked "Defense. State secret.
Letter: European inaction and complicity as Gaza burnsDear Minister Tuomioja,
Kenya: Maasai Again Seek JusticeFiling claims in Nairobi, the U.K., and the Hague, the cattle-herding tribespeople seek compensation for a century-old British land-grab.
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