Tag: International justice
international justice is “likely to act”
Professor of international law at the Free University of Brussels, François Dubuisson analyzes the issues at stake in the complaint filed by South Africa before the International Court of Justice…
South Africa accuses Israel before international justice of “acts of genocide” in Gaza
While the war in Gaza is in its 83rd day and has left more than 21,000 dead, South Africa is launching a new procedure against Israel: Pretoria has launched a…
Sosthène Munyemana sentenced in Paris to 24 years of criminal imprisonment
The Paris Assize Court delivered its verdict this Tuesday evening in the trial of Sosthène Munyemana. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison. While the prosecution had requested a…
five states seize the International Criminal Court to investigate the crimes committed
Five signatory states to the treaty creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) have called for an investigation into the “ situation in the State of Palestine », announced his prosecutor,…
the incomprehension of 11 magistrates dismissed for “failures in the duty of their office”
In the Central African Republic, eleven magistrates were dismissed from the judiciary by two presidential decrees signed Tuesday by President Touadéra, for “lack ofments to the duty of their office…
Russia issues ‘search warrant’ for ICC president
He was placed on the Interior Ministry’s wanted list. The ICC issued an arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova Belova last March. The…
Paris defends border control after EU Court of Justice ruling
France defended its border protection policy this Saturday, September 23, a reaction following the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) according to which Paris should…
The Kurdish administration announces that it will try former fighters of the Islamic State group
Former Islamic State fighters should finally be tried in Syria, according to an announcement from the Kurdish autonomous region in the northeast of the country. Among these former jihadists, many…
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court concludes his visit to the DRC
The trip of the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, in the DRC led him to Ituri and South Kivu, two provinces plagued by violence, and which aimed to assess the state…
Four Burkinabè students win first prize in ICC mock trial competition
Four Burkinabè students were awarded prizes in the mock trial competition at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The speakers, in master’s degree in international law at the Thomas…