A decade after its inception, the ICC is due to deliver its first judgment on Thomas Lubanga, a DRC warlord, accused of sending children into battle.
The ICC will hand down judgment in the trial of Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga who is accused of enlisting child soldiers under 15 to fight.
Dissent mars the United Nations’s celebration of its responsibility to protect — an emerging norm.
Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor have asked a UN-backed war crimes court for permission to reopen their defence case.
Uhuru Kenyatta has resigned as Kenya’s finance minister after the International Criminal Court ruled he should stand trial for post-election violence.
Libya says the International Criminal Court has accepted that Muammar Gaddafi’s son will be tried by Libyans, a claim the ICC has denied.
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/ 19 January 2012
Kenya is nervously awaiting an ICC ruling on whether to try six officials, including two presidential contenders, over deadly 2007-2008 poll unrest.
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/ 24 December 2011
Supporters of Côte d’Ivoire’s former president Laurent Gbagbo have protested outside The Hague, promising to celebrate Christmas with him.
The chief prosecutor at the ICC has appealed its decision to drop charges against Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana and order his release.
The ICC chief prosecutor said there are suspicions that the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was a war crime.
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/ 15 December 2011
Syria has reacted with predictable fury to the call by the UN human rights commissioner for it to be investigated for crimes against humanity.
The ICC says it is reporting Malawi to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the court for genocide.
Former Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the ICC for the first time on Monday over his role in the aftermath of last year’s polls.
The ICC has charged ex-Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo with four counts of crimes against humanity, adding that his opponents may be similarly charged.
Côte d’Ivoire’s former leader Laurent Gbagbo has landed in Rotterdam en route to the ICC, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity.
Forces loyal to Syria’s President al-Assad have committed crimes against humanity during the revolt, including killing over 256 children, the UN says.
Libya’s NTC has named a new government with a line-up that dropped several seasoned officials in favour of appointees who will soothe rivalries.
Libya has decided not to hand over Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court, leaving him to be tried in Libya.
Libyan militiamen are holding Seif al-Islam in their mountain stronghold following his capture, a month after his father Muammar Gaddafi was killed.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has denied being in contact with the ICC while being on the run before his capture by Libyan fighters.
Nato has officially declared the end of its seven-month mission to Libya as the ICC seeks to bring in Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam.
An ICC investigation into Ivory Coast’s post-election conflict will focus on two to six people thought most responsible for atrocities.
On 17 July the world celebrates International Criminal Justice Day.
The African Union must be given "political space" to deal with the instability in Libya, says Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
Prospects for a negotiated solution to the Libyan crisis receded further after the ICC issued arrest warrants for Muammar Gaddafi and his son.
Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes, arrived in Beijing early on Tuesday to meet China’s President Hu Jintao.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says at least 3 000 people were killed in post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire.
If the charge of mass rape in Libya has been held back until now to turn opinion against the tyrant, does that not trivialise the atrocity?
When northern Sudanese troops seized the disputed border town of Abyei, it was a sign that the fragile six-year-old peace was teetering.
The ICC’s chief prosecutor is seeking three arrest warrants for crimes against humanity in Libya, where thousands have been killed in the uprising.
High-ranking Kenyans accused of orchestrating post-election violence have called for access to evidence compiled for the International Criminal Court.
Three Kenyans appearing at the International Criminal Court deny they played a part in the 2007 post-election unrest in which 1200 people were killed.