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    Defending the International Criminal Court From the Outside

    by  • April 30, 2012 • Africa, ICC, International Justice • 0 Comments

    US ambassador for war crimes

    The International Criminal Court‘s judgment against the warlord Thomas Lubanga for conscripting child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed that “a permanent international criminal court is on the job,” Stephen Rapp, ambassador at large for the US State Department, said at Columbia University Law School this month. The Lubanga guilty verdict in [...]

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    The International Criminal Court’s Stance on Torture

    by  • March 30, 2012 • ICC, International Justice • 1 Comment

    ICC Bemba

    People who deal professionally with victims of physical and psychological torture want to not only heal their patients but also stop torture dead in its tracks. So they were pleased to learn that like other individuals or groups, they could submit evidence they had gathered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, says [...]

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    There’s Another Court in The Hague

    by  • November 20, 2011 • GOINGS-ON, International Justice • 0 Comments

    The elective of five judges to the International Court of Justice this month. Both the General Assembly and the Security Council, shown here (with José Filipe Moraes Cabral, council president this month), vote in the process.

    Government suppression of revolts in several Arab nations and violence and rights abuses in some parts of Africa have drawn increased attention to the International Criminal Court, the first such permanent tribunal created to try individuals for war crimes, genocide and other gross violations. Less attention is paid to another permanent court in The Hague, [...]

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