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What Bashir's Kenya Trip Tells Us About the ICC, US Policy in Sudan, and the Prospects for Justice in Kenya

Posted on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:05
An indicted war criminal steps onto the soil of an ICC member state. This augurs very poorly for the prospects of a ICC capable of punishing and deterring war crimes.

This is what it looks like when an indicted war criminal thumbs his nose at the international community:

Commissions of Inquiry, the Human Rights Council and the ICC

Posted on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 08:44
Will a commission of inquiry for Burma set a new standard for how the United States can constructively help direct the work product of the International Criminal Court?

Colum Lynch reports that the United States is ready to support a "commission of inquiry" into alleged crimes against humanity in Burma.  The move, he says, comes as the Obama administration recognizes that a policy of engagement is not working. 

What Changes with the Bashir Genocide Warrant and What Stays the Same

Posted on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:09
The ICC yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

The International Criminal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.  Now, you might be asking yourself: "wasn't he already under indictment." The answer is yes.

What Changes with the Bashir Genocide Warrant and What Stays the Same

Posted on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:09
The ICC yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

The International Criminal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.  Now, you might be asking yourself: "wasn't he already under indictment." The answer is yes.

What Changes with the Bashir Genocide Warrant and What Stays the Same

Posted on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:09
The ICC yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

The International Criminal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.  Now, you might be asking yourself: "wasn't he already under indictment." The answer is yes.

ICC warrant working?

Posted on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 08:56

Sudanese President Bashir, who'd previously shown few qualms in provocatively traipsing across Africa after his indictment by the ICC, visiting allies that he knew were non-signatories to the Court, has recently backed off a planned trip to neighboring Uganda.  Why?  Well, Kampala

UN Plaza: "The Reckoning"

Posted on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 07:57

In this edition of UN Plaza, I interview the film maker Paco de Onis, who's new documnetary about the International Criminal Court will debut nationally in the United States on PBS this week.  Check your local listings.  It's a great film. 

ICC in Kenya?

Posted on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:10

Former S-G Kofi Annan, who mediated the post-election crisis in Kenya in early 2008, has passed on a secret envelope to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Inside this envelope are names of those responsible for the shocking violence that swept across Kenya, with frightening ethnic undertones, after the contentious election.

Listen to ICC radio in (the) C.A.R.

Posted on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 09:28

One of the controversies the ICC has had to deal with is the notion that it is "biased" against Africa. Even though most of the ICC's work to date has been in African countries, this is a pretty hollow charge; the reason that the ICC is operating in three of these four states is because they asked it to do so.

The long arc of international justice...

Posted on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 10:45

...bends toward ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Yesterday, Chile became the 109th member of the ICC and the last South American state to ratify the treaty.  Bienvenidos! 

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