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ICC postpones order for Libya to turn over Gaddafi son

June 1, 2012 01:35:22 PM

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday granted a request by the Libyan government to postpone an order to transfer Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the...

June 1, 2012 01:30:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Leonard, the Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs at Shenandoah University, says that the ICC should adhere to a policy of complementarity to bolster its legitimacy and foster a culture of justice among its member states...The...

June 1, 2012 08:27:18 AM

Libya will begin the prosecution of senior officials who served under former leader Muammar Gaddafi in June, Prosecutor-General Abdul Azizi al-Hassadi told reporters on Thursday. The trials will begin with the prosecution of former...

May 22, 2012 02:53:54 PM

Former Libyan chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi will face charges of illegally entering the country of Mauritania , an anonymous source told Reuters on Monday. Al-Senussi, who served under Muammar Gaddafi, was arrested in Mauritania in...

May 18, 2012 12:11:07 PM

The US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved legislation Thursday that would suspend foreign aid to countries that host Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal...

May 15, 2012 08:05:12 AM

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Monday that his office will seek arrest warrants for two rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for war crimes and crimes against...

May 14, 2012 12:24:16 PM

Ugandan military forces Saturday captured one of the highest leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , the rebel militia group headed by alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony . The Uganda People's Defence...

May 13, 2012 02:30:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Solon Solomon, former member of the Knesset Legal Department, says that the procedures governing UN state admission must be duly adhered to when determining the issue of Palestinian statehood...The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

May 1, 2012 12:22:57 PM

The Libyan government on Tuesday formally challenged the right of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary;...

April 20, 2012 10:38:46 AM

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that Libya has gathered evidence to bring Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to trial. Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader...

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