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The International Criminal Court (commonly referred to as the ICC or ICCt) is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot, until at least 2017, exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression).
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The U.
N.'s top human rights official warned Friday that all-out civil war could engulf Syria unless countries that have backed international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan rally around calls for an independent probe into the killing of more than 100 civilians last week.As countries lined up at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council to express their horror about the Houla massacre, in which the global body said 49 children were among the dead, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights appealed for support for the six-point plan to halt the violence in Syria."Otherwise, the situation in Syria might descend into a full-fledged conflict and the future of the country, as well as the region as a whole could be in grave danger," Navi Pillay told the 47-nation council in a speech read out on her behalf.It was the fifth time that the Geneva-based council called an urgent meeting on Syria, something the country's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Fayssal al-Hamwi, said was a sign...The International Criminal Court again rejected Wednesday attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi's sons, who is wanted for tr...
NATO officials are worried that their organization may be investigated by the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor said allegations of crimes committed ...
France's president said Friday that only the departure of Bashar Assad would end the violence in Syria, saying his regime had acted in an "intolerable way."Francois ...
The U.N. resolution imposing tough sanctions against Libya marked the first time that the United States has given its support to the International Criminal Court and...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged Muammar al-Qaddafi's own aides Tuesday to arrest the Libyan leader and turn him ov...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday Libya has evidence linking a son of deposed ruler Moammar Gadhafi to recruiting mercenaries an...
At the recently completed Review Conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kampala, Uganda provided State Parties their first formal opportunity to ass...
The International Criminal Court 's decision to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi may send a strong message to abusive leaders, but it could no...
A notorious ex-warlord who became a general in the Congolese army despite international war crimes charges is now being blamed for fomenting more unrest in Congo's e...
A notorious ex-warlord who became a general in the Congolese army despite international war crimes charges is now being blamed for fomenting more unrest in Congo's e...
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya on Friday allowed the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country, a development that comes after Kenya's commitment to...
Russia wants to help U.N. envoy Kofi Annan achieve "positive results" and prevent an all-out civil war in Syria, President Vladimir Putin said in Germany on Friday.M...
International Criminal Court judges said Friday that Libya doesn't have to hand over Muammar Qaddafi's son, pending a ruling on Tripoli's challenge to the court's ri...
Appeals judges have rejected a claim by four prominent Kenyans that the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to prosecute them for alleged involvement in...
International Criminal Court judges rejected Thursday a prosecution request to issue an arrest warrant for a commander of a brutal militia that has terrorized easter...
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor says he will submit "reservations" next month on the Libyan government's demand that Moammar Qaddafi's son be tried for...
Top international prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, best known for pursuing war criminals, has been nominated as chief investigator at FIFA, soccer's scandal-plagued go...
The Senate is currently debating ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention, a little known treaty governing international waterways. Some Republicans have oppose...
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