For South Africa, it carries profound emotional and legal weight. Beyond South Africa, this case sends an important message of accountability to the world and anyone dealing with systematic oppression, not just from the past but in the present and future.
Unified action led by states must follow South Africa’s stand against Israel to stop the killings in Gaza and Western-backed impunity
Time for a new treaty to deal with crimes against humanity? Here’s what you need to know
They want the UK and US to pay for damages for their alleged role in assisting the Israeli military to commit war crimes and genocide
Alieu Kosiah maintains he is innocent and has requested a full acquittal
He made a career of fighting war crimes and crimes against humanity and ended it as lead investigator for the Zondo commission
Stigmatising the marginalised is driven by vested interests, both in the case of African foreign nationals subject to xenophobia and South Africans facing economic doom
Examples from the past 10 years illustrate a growing trend to avoid or slow down extradition proceedings to other countries or transfers to international entities
Mike Sonko first rose to fame (and infamy) as a taxi overlord. He used his power to become the governor of Nairobi, before being outfoxed by the political elite
The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate
Judges ordered the immediate release of the 73-year-old deposed strongman
Laurent Gbagbo has spent seven years behind bars on charges of crimes against humanity
A militia leader from the Central African Republic has been extradited to the International Criminal Court in The Hague
Last week Côte d’Ivoire’s Supreme Court overturned an earlier acquittal granted to Simone Gbagbo for crimes against humanity
The trial of the Chad dictator in Senegal shows that war and other similar crimes need not be heard in The Hague.
The trial of Hissene Habre was suspended on Tuesday until September after the court named new lawyers because his defence team shunned the session.
Hissene Habre faces charges of torture and crimes against humanity in the first trial of an African leader outside his nation by a continental court.
Politicians defend Omar al-Bashir fleeing an ICC arrest warrant, saying the court is a bully and targets Africa. Karen Williams disagrees.
Many of the nations fighting the terror group have themselves been accused of human rights abuses and even of war crimes.
While prosecutors at the ICC seek access to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bank and phone records, his government denies intimidating witnesses.
Forces loyal to Syria’s President al-Assad have committed crimes against humanity during the revolt, including killing over 256 children, the UN says.
The wife of Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori accused a Lima court on Wednesday of conducting a medieval-style ”witch trial”.
Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob, a former peacekeeper, recalls a meeting with the Bosnian Serb wartime leader.