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A diplomat, a dictator, a wedding, a hug: Ibrahim Gambari’s faux-pas that wasn’t
Advice to aspiring diplomats: Don’t hug war criminals, and especially don’t be photographed hugging them. That’s what happened to Ibrahim Gambari, the UN’s man in Darfur, when he ran into …
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Colombia court calls on ICC to investigate former president
The Superior Tribunal of Bogota has requested that the International Criminal Court investigate Colombia’s former president Belisario Betancur for his role in the forced disappearance of people during the 1985 …
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Interview with Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Luis Moreno-Ocampo was elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in April 2003; his nine-year term ends this June. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo has a storied history as a …
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A Maverick Judge Goes on Trial: Spain’s Dark Chapter
The famous, for some notorious and, for most, controversial, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón is now on trial in Madrid. Garzón, most famous for issuing an arrest warrant for former Chilean …
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Turks Lash Out at France Over Genocide Bill
PARIS — The Turkish government and press castigated France on Tuesday, accusing the parliament of racism and a breach of France’s own free speech principles after the French Senate passed …
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Libya complementarity challenge at the ICC
No news yet on how the complementarity challenge involving the Libyan situation will be resolved. The Court has now given Libya’s new leaders two more weeks to decide how to …
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The Libya Trial—Victor’s Justice at the ICC?
Posted on Huffington Post, 1/12/12 03:11 PM ET
Please, please, don’t make us look stupid! Is the International Criminal Court (ICC) begging the Libyan government? It seems to …
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Foreign Policy: David Scheffer and Luis Moreno Ocampo Among Top 100 Global Thinkers
This summer, when International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo charged Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi and his son with crimes against humanity, it was a bold gesture that demonstrated how legal …
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John Yoo parties like it’s 1998
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 4:15 PM
In the Wall Street Journal, former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo reviews recent books by David Scheffer and William Shawcross and in …
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Libya and the ICC - on course for collision or cooperation?
Libya’s new rulers, the National Transitional Council (NTC), and the International Criminal Court (ICC) are set on a double-headed collision course. By Richard Walker in Hilversum …
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Intl Criminal Court grants Libya more time to answer questions about Gadhafi’s son Seif
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court granted Libyan authorities more time Tuesday to answer its questions about Moammar Gadhafi’s son and one-time heir apparent, who is wanted by …
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Kenya: Impact of the ICC Proceedings
While the International Criminal Court (ICC) has a chance to inaugurate a new era of accountability in Kenya, misperceptions could also amplify ethnic tensions ahead of the 2012 elections if …
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International legal guarantees put at risk in 2011
International criminal law seems to have been rewritten in 2011. Phenomena such as the ‘Arab Spring’ (Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen), ‘regime change’ (Libya) and ‘extrajudicial executions’ (Bin Laden, Al-Awlaki and Muammar …
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ICC’s Bensouda Calls On Diaspora Gambians To Contribute To National Development
The newly appointed chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has called on Gambians in the Diaspora to contribute meaningfully to the country’s development aspirations.
Mrs Bensouda made …
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A Year in the Bemba Trial at the ICC
Jean-Pierre Bemba’s trial has been on at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for just over one year. This article reviews some of the milestones in the trial of the former …
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The west has a duty to intervene in Syria
The Syrian revolution is a motherless child. The “international community”, so vigorous in its declarations of support for human rights, does nothing to protect it. Assad’s state terrorists have unrestrained …