Submitted by UNDispatch on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 08:56
Sudanese President Bashir, who'd previously shown few qualms in provocativelytraipsing 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
Submitted by UNDispatch 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.
Submitted by UNDispatch 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.
Submitted by UNDispatch 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.
Submitted by UNDispatch 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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