Tag: International Criminal Court (ICC)
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger announce withdrawal from ICC
The three military-led countries accused the court of arbitrarily prosecuting war crimes and serving as an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression.”
Breaking: ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin on war crime allegations
The ICC, in a statement, said the warrant was issued over Putin’s suspected involvement in the unlawful deportation and transfer…
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer drags Wike to International Criminal Court
Bruce Fein, the United States-based lawyer of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has accused…
SERAP to ICC: Hold Buhari, Matawalle liable for school abductions
It was the first time that an organisation has asked the ICC to hold accountable President Buhari, Governor Bello Matawalle…
Sudan to extradite ex-President al-Bashir, many others to ICC
Al-Bashir is currently in custody in Sudan for corruption and killing demonstrators.
Duterte shuts doors against ICC probe of drug killings
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with an investigation of the country’s drug war killings planned by the International…
Buratai tells troops: ICC, AI in ‘wicked, unnecessary distractions’
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged troops not to be distracted by the move by…
#EndSARS: Buhari, others dragged to ICC
SERAP) has written Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to probe the attacks on #EndSARS peaceful…
ICC condemns US sanctions against Bensouda, Mochochoko
International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned the economic sanctions imposed by the United States on the court's prosecutor and a…
ICC probes Buhari, Obasanjo, Jonathan, governors
Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), will from Monday pore over a complaint filed by a Nigerian rights…
Buhari explains support for ICC
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said that Nigeria will continue to support the International Criminal Court (ICC) as much…
Buhari demands ICC’s action on corruption cases, illicit financial flows
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at The Hague called on the 123 States Parties to the Rome Statute of the…
United Nations urged to refer situation in Syria to ICC
The European Union had called on the UN to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to examine the situation in…
ICC plays down talk of witch-hunting African leaders
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands on Thursday said that there was no truth in allegation that…
ICC wants Philippines to reconsider decision to withdraw from criminal court
President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC), O-Gon Kwon, on Friday called on the…
President Duterte withdraws Philippines from ICC
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philiphines on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of the country’s ratification of the treaty that established the…
Philiphines’ Duterte sees no chance of going on trial at ICC
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philiphines has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal…
Libyan commander wanted by ICC released after protests
A Libyan commander wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over a series of summary executions was released on Thursday,…
Uganda hails Bossa’s election to serve at ICC
Ugandan judiciary on Thursday welcomed the election of Justice Solomy Bossa to serve at the International Criminal Court (ICC) based…
Libyan forces arrest commander wanted by ICC
Security forces in eastern Libya said they have arrested the commander of an elite forces unit who is sought by…
Russia withdraws from International Criminal Court
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree declaring that his country will not become a member of the…
Unpaid Salaries: SERAP drags governors to ICC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of collective…
Congolese ex-vice president jailed 18 years
The International Criminal Court (ICC), has sentenced former Congolese Vice President, Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years imprisonment for war crimes…
4 pro-Jonathan groups want Buhari prosecuted at ICC
A coalition of four civil society groups, ostensibly allied with President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign, said it had instructed a team…
ICC sentences Congolese warlord Katanga to 12 years
The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic…
US tells Sudan’s leader not welcome at UN Assembly
The United States condemned — without rejecting — Monday a visa request from Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the…
Nigeria: The Scoundrel From Khartoum
By Osuolale Alalade A scoundrel from Khartoum came to town last week and the nation went berserk. The cacophony of…