Tough Road Ahead for New Hague Court Boss
On February 12, 2021, after months of struggling to reach consensus on who should be the International Criminal Court's (ICC) next chief prosecutor, members of the ICC's Assembly of States Parties finally elected British lawyer Karim Khan by secret ballot. Khan's election was the first time that ICC member states didn't reach a unanimous decision on who should lead the court's prosecution arm. His biggest tasks are to assert his office's independence and remedy public perceptions of the ICC. To do this, Khan will need to build on the work - sometimes slow and arduous, as most of the trials before the courts has shown- of his predecessors. He must also improve the prosecution's performance and grapple with the politics of international justice. Recommendations from the independent expert review of the court's operations, completed in 2020, can provide a useful guide writes Ottilia Anna Maunganidze for the Institute for Security Studies.
View of typical courtroom at International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Sudan:
Sudan Signs MOU With ICC On Kushayb Trial
Dabanga, 16 February 2021
The Sudanese government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Criminal Court (ICC), located in The Hague in The Netherlands, on Sunday in relation to the… Read more »
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Sudan:
Minawi - Sudan's MOU With ICC Is 'First Step in Achieving Justice'
Dabanga, 18 February 2021
The Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) called the Memorandum of Understanding, signed between the Sudanese government and the International Criminal Court (ICC)… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
The ICC's Dangerous Decision and Its Possible Implication for Ethiopia
Reporter, 20 February 2021
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 following the Holocaust, the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (1994) and other horrors of the twentieth century,… Read more »
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Liberia:
Prince Johnson Will Be Prosecuted
New Dawn, 15 February 2021
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Uganda:
Ongwen to Appeal ICC Verdict, Claims Mental Disability
East African, 15 February 2021
Convicted former Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen is appealing the February 4 ruling of the International Criminal Court, which found him guilty of 61 war crimes and… Read more »