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FILE: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a press conference regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the Planalto Palace, Brasilia. Picture: AFP

International criminal court icc

Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of 'crimes against humanity' at ICC

By AFP

Austrian environmental justice campaigners Allrise filed the official complaint at The Hague-based court Tuesday morning.

  • FILE: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Picture: Facebook.

    Philippines' Duterte to prepare defence against ICC probe

    ICC judges authorised in September a full-blown investigation into Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign, which rights groups estimate has killed tens of thousands of people, saying it resembled an illegitimate and systematic attack on civilians.

    316 days ago
  • FILE: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Picture: Facebook.

    Philippines' Duterte will not cooperate with ICC drug war probe

    ICC judges authorised Wednesday a full-blown investigation into Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign, which rights groups estimate has killed tens of thousands of people, saying it resembled an illegitimate and systematic attack on civilians.

    334 days ago
  • FILE: Representative of the Office of the Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, attends the trial of Germain Katanga, a Congolese National, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague on 23 May 2014. Picture: AFP

    Ex-ICC prosecutor, Bensouda, dismisses claims it ony targeted African leaders

    Fatou Bensouda delivered the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on Wednesday.

    356 days ago
  • Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    ICC lifts arrest warrant for I.Coast ex first lady Simone Gbagbo

    Simone Gbagbo faced charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, inhuman acts and persecution, following her husband's refusal to hand over power to Alassane Ouattara, who won a 2010 election. Over 3,000 people died in the unrest.

    383 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo says ICC is biased and 'not serious'

    Gbagbo's first comments on the trial and his acquittal since his return to Ivory Coast after a 10-year absence, was met with rousing cheers from supporters in his home village of Mama in southwest Ivory Coast.

    414 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo heads home after war crimes acquittal

    The 76-year-old's homecoming will be a key test of stability in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer and the wealthiest country in francophone West Africa.

    426 days ago
  • FILE: Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court. Picture: AFP

    Ugandan LRA commander Dominic Ongwen sentenced to 25 years in jail by ICC

    Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony.

    468 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    ICC upholds acquittal of Ivory Coast's Gbagbo

    The first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal, 75-year-old Gbagbo gave the thumbs up as appeals judges confirmed that he was finally in the clear over a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-11.

    503 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cried foul against any bid by the ICC to investigate "fake war crimes". Picture: AFP

    Netanyahu vows to fight 'anti-Semitic' ICC ruling

    On Friday, the ICC ruled that it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation.

    557 days ago
  • FILE: Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court. Picture: AFP

    Lord's Resistance Army commander guilty of war crimes: ICC

    Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of dozens of charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s, including the first conviction by the ICC for the crime of forced pregnancy relating to women he took as sex slaves.

    559 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. Picture: AFP

    Ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo plans to return home this month

    Laurent Gbagbo was forced out by his rival, Alassane Ouattara, after a brief but bloody civil war that claimed some 3,000 lives.

    620 days ago
  • The International Criminal Courts building (ICC) in The Hague. Picture: AFP.

    Kenyan lawyer in ICC bribery case surrenders to Dutch

    Paul Gicheru 'surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands pursuant to an arrest warrant' issued by The Hague-based ICC, the court said in a statement.

    652 days ago
  • ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy David Mabuza outside Luthuli House on 12 May 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Is the International Criminal Court a scary thought for ANC govt?

    According to the Sunday Times newspaper, the President called for a strategic retreat at last month's NEC meeting on the ICC decision, following a loss of African support.

    737 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    ANALYSIS: Bringing al-Bashir to justice: the pros and cons of various options

    After Omar al-Bashir was ousted as the leader of Sudan, the country's new ruling Sovereign Council of Sudan said that it would hand him over to the ICC. But it seems that other options are now being considered. Michelle Nel looks at the options.

    897 days ago
  • The International Criminal Courts building (ICC) in The Hague. Picture: AFP.

    Israel hopes Germany, other ICC members will help stave off Palestinian probe

    The court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in December there was enough evidence for an investigation into thousands of killings - but asked the court to rule on whether it had the jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories.

    912 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 28 August 2018 former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda arrives at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of his trial in the Hague, the Netherlands. Picture: AFP

    Congolese 'Terminator' warlord to be sentenced at ICC

    Ntaganda faces life in prison for a litany of crimes including directing massacres of civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003.

    1014 days ago
  • FILE: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Gbagbo lawyer asks ICC to free Ivory Coast ex-leader

    Laurent Gbagbo faced charges on four counts of crimes against humanity over the 2010-2011 bloodshed which following a disputed vote in the West African nation.

    1043 days ago
  • Denis Mukwege. Picture: Panzi Hospital

    Nobel winner Mukwege urges ICC to keep up DRC probes after warlord conviction

    ICC judges on Monday convicted Congolese rebel chief Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed "Terminator", of war crimes including horrific massacres of civilians, sexual enslavement and recruitment of child soldiers.

    1134 days ago
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