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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.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that Kenya's postelection violence that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.
The U.N. General Assembly urged Israel and the Palestinians Thursday to investigate alleged war crimes during last winter's conflict in Gaza and raised the possibility of Security Council action if they don't.
Prosecutors on Monday accused a Sudanese rebel leader of planning an attack that killed 12 African peacekeepers, in the first Darfur case to reach an international tribunal.
The International Criminal Court said Thursday it has launched a preliminary investigation into last month's violence at a Guinea sports stadium, where presidential guard troops opened fire on tens of thousands of demonstrators.
A U.N. investigation concluded Tuesday that both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, raising the prospect that officials may seek prosecution in the International Criminal Court.
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday he is collecting information on possible war crimes by NATO forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it is a "great regret" that the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court.
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.
After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
The International Criminal Court on Monday ordered former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to stand trial on charges of commanding a militia that unleashed a campaign of murder, rape and pillage in the Central African Republic.
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has met with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, state radio reported Sunday.
Angelina Jolie sat in a courtside booth Tuesday at the International Criminal Court and watched the trial of a Congolese warlord charged with using child soldiers.
A Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court Monday to face war crimes charges stemming from the Darfur conflict and called on Sudan's president to do the same.
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.
The Sudanese president's decision to expel 13 foreign aid groups from Darfur shows the International Criminal Court is right to pursue him on war crimes charges in the region, the court's chief prosecutor said Friday.
The outspoken U.N. General Assembly president on Tuesday accused the United States of demonizing Iran's president and criticized the International Criminal Court for issuing an arrest warrant for Sudan's leader on war crimes charges in Darfur.
The Arab League rejected an international arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes in Darfur, and its leader said Qatar has done the same, clearing the way for the beleaguered Sudanese leader to attend an Arab Summit there later this month.
Three foreign aid workers abducted in Sudan's lawless Darfur region were released unharmed on Saturday, three days after their capture at gunpoint led international aid groups to question how they can continue to work in the area.
Armed men abducted three international aid workers and two Sudanese guards in the Darfur region, a week after the government ordered aid groups expelled in response to an international arrest warrant for Sudan's president on war crimes charges, officials said Thursday.
Sudan's president said Monday he wants all international aid groups out of the country within a year, insisting they can drop off supplies "at airports or seaports" and let Sudanese organizations take care of it.
Attempts by the International Criminal Court to arrest Sudan's leader on war crimes will only hurt efforts to bring peace and stability to the war-scarred Darfur region, China said Thursday.
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.
Sudan ordered at least 10 humanitarian groups expelled from Darfur on Wednesday after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the country's president.
The Obama administration called Wednesday for all parties to the Darfur conflict to exercise restraint after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges.
Obama shifts U.S. approach toward SudanPresident Barack Obama said Monday that the U.S. will shift its policy toward Sudan to one based on working with the Khartoum government instead of isolating it.
Alwayswriteagain: Young Or Old - Please Support Irael's U.N. FightI'm relieved to learn that the laughably craven GOLDSTONE REPORT on Israel's war in Gaza itself continues to be the subject of harsh criticism.
Kenya Clans 'Rearm for 2012 Poll'Rival ethnic groups in Kenya who fought after the 2007 election are rearming in readiness for violence at the 2012 poll, a BBC investigation has found. Editor's note: How long before the Right Wing Nut Jobs try to blame this on President Obama?
Obama Will Play A Major Role at UN General Assembly. Interviewee: Thomas Miller, President and CEO, UN Association of the United States of America Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org. September 14, 2009Obama will speak at a special summit meeting on climate control on September 22, address the General Assembly on September 23, and chair a special Security Council meeting on arms control and nonproliferation on September 24.
Prosecuting Israel for War CrimesWere Israel's action in Gaza War Crimes? The Palestinian Authority has petitioned the International Criminal Court for member status to have the ICC investigate.
Clinton says she regrets U.S. is not a member of ICCNAIROBI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday it was a "great regret" the United States was not yet a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
African nations unite to defend Sudanese leader After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
The ICC and Crimes Against HumanityThe International Criminal Court has changed the world's approach to crimes against humanity — without, as yet, trying a case.
Kenya charges 17 Somali piracy suspectsKenya charged 17 Somali men with piracy on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Navy handed them over to authorities in this East African nation.
Darfuri women live 'nightmare,' Harvard-backed study says An American human rights group documenting widespread sexual violence against Darfuri women in Sudan and Chad has called for "vigorous prosecution of rape as a war crime."
After Wars, Mass Rapes Persist - (Nick Kristof)Traditionally, an international issue was "serious" only if it was arcane and, preferably, incomprehensible. To be respected in foreign policy, it helped to smoke a pipe, spout theories about ballistic missiles, and frequently employ the word "hegemony."
Sudan rebel chief surrenders to war crime courtA Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court Monday to face war crimes charges stemming from the Darfur conflict and called on Sudan's president to do the same.
Why we must prosecute for tortureWhile at The Hague, I felt myself standing in a long line of American prosecutors working for a world where international standards restricted what one nation could do to another during war, stretching back to at least Justice Robert Jackson at the Nuremberg trials.
Will "Lawyer-in-Chief" Obama's "Somali sign off" put America's military under the International Criminal Court? 04/20/2009 By Kevin "Coach" Collins The opportunity to politicize the rescue of Captain Phillips from Somali pirates was one Barack Obama could not resist. Obama's handlers played the crisis for every ounce of P.R. they could generate.
March 30 - In preparation for today's opening of the Arab League Summit, Arab Foreign Ministers from the 22 member states drafted a declaration on Saturday condemning the International Criminal Court's (ICC) move to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, ur …
Sudan's president, on tour, defies the ICC | Catch me if you can OMAR AL-BASHIR certainly gets around. In defiance of the arrest warrant for war crimes issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 4th, the Sudanese president has spent the past week jetting about northern Africa.
ICC's selective justice unmaskedTHE International Criminal Court was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. As of March 4, 2009, it has issued public arrest warrants for thirteen individuals.
Gunmen abduct Western aid workers in DarfurArmed men abducted three international aid workers and two Sudanese guards in the Darfur region, a week after the government ordered aid groups expelled, officials said Thursday.
Americans urged to leave SudanThe U.S. Embassy in Sudan authorized nonessential staff and family to leave the country, saying Tuesday that protests against the Sudanese president increased the danger of anti-Western violence.
March 9 -- In spite of the provocative and illegal arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has reportedly left the capital to visit the region of Darfur and met with supporters.
March 7 -- Officials from Iran and the Hamas movement have added their voices to the global condemnation of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
After Indictment, Sudan Holds Its Breath In July 2008, chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked the International Criminal Court to indict the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, for abuses committed against the people of the Darfur region.
Franklin Graham Statement Following Meeting with President Omar al-Bashir of SudanFranklin Graham Statement Following Meeting with President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan
Sudan leader defies arrest order on war crimes charges One day after judges at the International Criminal Court ordered his arrest for atrocities committed in Darfur, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan offered a fiery and defiant response on Thursday, telling a crowd of thousands in his own country that "we are not succumbing, …
RFI - Pro-Beshir camp dubs arrest warrant declaration of war, opponents offer genocide evidenceThousands of Sudanese demonstrated in Khartoum against the international warrant against President Omar Al-Beshir after the International Criminal Court called for the leader's arrest.
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