Egypt colonized Sudan in 1874 and the conquest was the first in a series of volatile and bloody attempts at establishing a stable national structure in Sudan. The Egyptian rule was short-lived, and the British soon entered the territory, helping...
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The UN on Monday called for a thorough investigation into alleged violations of international law and war crimes in the Southern Kordofan area of Sudan . The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
UN calls for end to fighting in disputed Sudan Kordofan region
UN Officials and the UN Security Council on Monday called for an end to fighting in the Southern Kordofan area of Sudan . Ivan Simonovic, Assistant Secretary-General for UN Office of the High Commissioner...
Rights group urges UN to cooperate with ICC relationship agreement
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged the United Nations (UN) not to aid alleged international war criminals after they provided transportation to Amhad Harun , whose arrest warrant was issued...
UN SG Ban urges Bashir to comply with possible ICC indictment
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must cooperate with any indictment or decision the International Criminal Court (ICC) may issue against him, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday. On...
Sudan official again calls for UN to delay Bashir ICC indictment
Sudan reissued a request to the UN Security Council Thursday to delay for one year war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for alleged genocide in Darfur. International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
The government of Southern Sudan, an autonomous region in Sudan , will join the United Nations in probing alleged sex crimes committed by international peacekeepers against at least twenty Sudanese children in Juba, according to...
Uganda officials say rebel leader willing to face justice at home, not at ICC
Ugandan officials said Wednesday that Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army , has expressed a willingness to face justice in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court . ICC prosecutors charged...
Uganda rebel leader asks UN humanitarian chief for help lifting ICC warrants
Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, asked UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland Sunday to work with the International Criminal Court in lifting arrest warrants ...