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The Rwandan government has helped to create armed groups including M23, which has been conducting a mutiny in North Kivu Province under the leadership of a particularly notorious group of human rights violators, and supplied them with weapons, armor...

A spokesperson for the Libyan government told reporters this week that the government has begun interrogations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members detained in Libya. The Libyan government maintains that they have evidence some of...

Sudan's Ministry of Justice on Tuesday appointed a new special prosecutor for crimes committed in Darfur . Justice Minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa announced Yasir Ahmed Mohamed, a senior counselor, as the new prosecutor...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern on Tuesday about the safety of the civilians in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ....

The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded the immediate release of a group of four staff members from the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya earlier this month. The Security Council noted...

The presidents of two UN-backed courts this week joined the International Criminal Court (ICC) in calling for the immediate release of four staff members who were detained in Libya earlier this month. The Presidents of the International...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday swore in its new prosecutor, Gambian war crimes lawyer Fatou Bensouda, who will succeed Luis Moreno-Ocampo . ICC President, Judge Sang-Hyun Song , opened the ceremony...

Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday submitted a renewed application seeking an arrest warrant for Sylvestre Mucadumura , a field commander in the Democratic Forces...

UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Ivory Coast Doudou Diene on Wednesday called on all Ivorians and the international community to maintain their support in the wake of the recent killing of seven...

Three officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Australian ambassador to Libya were able to visit and assess the condition of the four detained ICC staff members on Tuesday, the Australian Minister of...