A swearing-in Ceremony for six newly elected judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be held on Wednesday 10 March 2021, at 11:00 (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, some of the participants will attend remotely.
How the Office will set priorities concerning the investigation will be determined in due time, in light of the operational challenges we confront from the pandemic, the limited resources we have available to us, and our current heavy workload. Such challenges, however, as daunting and complex as they are, cannot divert us from ultimately discharging the responsibilities that the Rome Statute places upon the Office.
The Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) welcomes the delivery of the Reparations Order for victims in the case The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda today by the Trial Chamber VI. This is an important step in responding to the long-lasting harm that victims in this case have suffered.
Today, 9 March 2021, the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched the ICC Case Law Database. The database provides free and easy access to the Court’s jurisprudence on, among other topics, core international crimes and international criminal procedure, the rights of the accused and the rights of victims. The database can be consulted at: https://legal-tools.org/cld
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday junked the petition filed by opposition senators and the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Courts (PCICC) questioning the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Courts (ICC), which was undertaken without the concurrence of the Senate.
A new damning report on the human rights abuses by the Duterte administration is expected to ramp up the pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is close to wrapping up its preliminary examination into crimes against humanity allegedly committed by President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies in the past five years.
Today, 31 March 2021, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) delivered its judgment on the Prosecutor’s appeal against Trial Chamber I’s decision of 15 January 2019, which had acquitted, by majority, Mr Gbagbo and Mr Blé Goudé of all charges of crime against humanity allegedly committed in Côte d’Ivoire in 2010 and 2011.
Ousted Myanmar lawmakers are exploring whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) can investigate any crimes against humanity committed since the Feb. 1 coup, as an activist group said three more people had died in clashes with security forces.