In a landmark moment for international justice, the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday (9 September) began its first-ever in absentia hearing, presenting evidence against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, who remains at large nearly two decades after his indictment. Kony, founder of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), faces 39 counts of war […]
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a statement on November 19 urging an “immediate halt” to the ongoing violence in Sudan, describing the conflict as the “single biggest Humanitarian Crisis.” Trump claimed Arab leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had requested his intervention, and he vowed to coordinate with key Middle Eastern nations—including Saudi […]
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda has reacted to the release of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Libya by stressing that the arrest warrant issued in 2011 by the ICC “remains valid and Libya is obliged to immediately arrest and surrender” him “regardless of any purported amnesty law in Libya.” Saif has […]
