Amnesty International says no one committing genocide should go unpunished ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Amnesty International want Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to be charged with the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the occupied Gaza. This is in addition …
Read More »ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Hamas leader Deif
The Hague | XINHUA | The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. In a statement, the ICC’s pre-trial chamber accused Netanyahu and Gallant of committing …
Read More »Why ICC lawyers want Kony case held in Uganda and not in The Hague
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Trial lawyers in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are pushing for the confirmation of charges to be heard against the elusive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, in Uganda. Last month, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber …
Read More »44-year-old Nsubuga makes Uganda’s squad for ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League B
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has named 44-year-old Frank Nsubuga on the national team squad ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup Challenge B. Nsubuga, who was one of the oldest players when Uganda featured in the T20 World Cup in USA and West Indies, told …
Read More »Kwoyelo’s sentencing set for Friday, what next?
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-panel member of Judges at the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court of Uganda will on Friday, issue a sentencing in the case of former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. Kwoyelo was convicted on August 13 of committing 44 crimes …
Read More »Uganda selected to host ICC Challenge League B
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has been selected to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Challenge League B from November 4 to 16 in Kampala and Entebbe. The Challenge League B is a qualification pathway for the 2027 ICC World Cup, which will be hosted by Zimbabwe, South Africa …
Read More »Kwoyelo court resumes tomorrow despite Justice Gaswaga’s promotion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Duncan Gaswaga’s appointment as a Judge to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights won’t affect the ongoing trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni, the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court Registrar has said. …
Read More »ICC Trust Fund seeks shs19bn to launch reparations programme for Ongwen’s victims
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for the urgent contribution of Euro 5 million (about 19.8 billion shillings) to aid the start of delivery of reparations to victims of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen. …
Read More »‘No one can act with impunity’
ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Sinwar in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice COMMMENT | AMY MAGUIRE | The request by Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders is a significant step in the effort to bring …
Read More »US hostility towards the ICC is nothing new
It supports the court only when it suits American interests and threatens sanction when its citizens or allies are threatened COMMENT | ANDREA FURGER | In mid-May, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and …
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