Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has set January 12, the day it will deliver judgement in a case where the former Sinia Brigade commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army Dominic Ongwen is accused of war crimes. This is according to a press release issued by …
Read More »Int’l community slams U.S. sanctions against ICC senior officials
Beijing, China | XINHUA | The international community has expressed consistent condemnation against the sanctions imposed by the United States on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and a member of her office, calling on the U.S. government to lift the punitive measures. The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions …
Read More »U.S. imposes fresh sanctions against ICC officials
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the United States would impose sanctions on senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their investigations into U.S. persons. Pompeo said that the United States would designate ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and Phakiso Mochochoko, …
Read More »Justice Okalany positive about ICC interview despite technical glitch
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan judge Suzan Okalany is optimistic that she performed extremely well despite technical glitches that disrupted the public hearing in the search for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor. Okalany is competing for the job with three others; Morris A. Anyah from Nigeria, Fergal Gaynor …
Read More »Internet disrupts Okalany’s online interview for ICC job
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A poor internet could put paid to Ugandan efforts to have Justice Suzan Okalany get one of the top prosecution jobs in the world. Unstable internet connectivity disrupted Justice Okalany’s interview for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor’s job on Thursday. Okalany is …
Read More »Ugandan judge Suzan Okalany shortlisted for ICC chief prosecutor job
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Judge of the International Crimes Division (ICD), Suzan Okalany has been shortlisted for the job of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Okalany who has been a judge in the International Criminal Division of that Court since 2016 has been shortlisted together …
Read More »ICC must up its game to survive after US onslaught: experts
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | The International Criminal Court must step up to ensure its survival after US President Donald Trump authorised sanctions against the tribunal over an Afghan war crimes probe, experts said Friday. Trump’s adminstration on Thursday unleashed an unprecedented onslaught against what it branded a “kangaroo court”, …
Read More »Closing statements in Ongwen trial trigger war memories in Gulu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closing statements in the trial of former rebel Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA Commander, Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court-ICC evoked memories of the two-decade insurgency in Northern Uganda. It follows the live streaming of the concluding arguments on Ongwen’s trial which is being …
Read More »Sudan ready to hand Bashir to ICC for Darfur crimes
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan has agreed to hand ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir and others to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, a member of Khartoum’s ruling body said Tuesday. The Hague-based ICC has charged Bashir and three of his former aides with genocide, crimes …
Read More »People’s Government to petition ICC in February
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The self-proclaimed People’s Government is set to file its petition against President Yoweri Museveni at the International Criminal Court-ICC next month. The group embarked on collecting signatures and evidence in November 2019 to back their petition against Museveni and other government officers to the …
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