Reparations Center for Victims of War CrimesIn anticipation of the meeting of the states parties who are the 110 signatories to the treaty authorizing the International Criminal Court, the court has issued its report on the treatment of victims. The court laid out five objectives in dealing with victims: Objective 1:Ensure that the role of the Court and its judicial activities…
The 110 nations who have signed on to the Rome Treaty which established the International Criminal Court have begun meeting in The Hague, Netherlands this week to review operation and functioning of the court. The various parts of the court, the Registry (Court Administration) the Presidency (the chief judge) and the Office of the Prosecutor…
The Minnesota Supreme Court reluctantly raised annual lawyer registration fees last week by $100 a year. $75 will go to fund the state’s public defender system, and $25 will be used to help fund civil legal services. This leads to a strange situation where the lawyers who work for these agencies are taxed directly to…
This week, the Office of the Prosecutor submitted a request to the court to open an investigation into the post-election violence in Kenya. This action has been undertaken with the apparent support of the Kenyan government. The ICC acts only when the government responsible cannot or will not act, and only when the actions involved…
The first Sudan case has reached the confirmation of charges stage at the International Criminal Court(ICC). This is a preliminary hearing where the judges decide whether there is enough evidence to head for a trial. Read my article about this in the African News Journal, here. Bashir Idriss Abu Garda is one of four Sudanese…
The African News Jounal posted an article about my attending the ICC conference in May. Here is a link to that article. Link to this post!
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