Angola’s José Eduardo dos Santos dies with Questionable legacies
José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola’s former president who ruled the mineral-rich country for almost four decades, died at 79. According to the government source, he died in Spain, where he was receiving treatments for a cardiac arrest.While supporters hail dos …
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC upon conclusion of the Ukraine Accountability Conference.
The Ukraine Accountability Conference today marked an important moment in our collective efforts to deliver justice for alleged international crimes. Through positive engagement across national authorities, international and regional organisations and civil society actors, we have charted a renewed course …
ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issues public redacted version of Arrest Warrant for Mahamat Nouradine Adam
Today, 28 July 2022, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court") issued the public redacted version of the Warrant of Arrest against Mahamat Nouradine Adam for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the …
Power, Control and Attitudinal Change
Exercise of fear and coercion may lead to attitudinal change and enable the maintenance of power and dominance over others, especially when one is presumed to be a deviant of the preferred behaviour. To belong to the mainstream discourse, maintain …
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC, to the United Nations Security Council on theSituation in Darfur, pursuant to pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005)
Mr President,Members of the Council, 1. It’s a great honour to have the opportunity to brief you once again. I want to also give my very sincere thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary General Volker Perthes to …
Kenya election 2022: Supreme Court reaffirms William Ruto's victory against Raila Odinga.
In what amounts to a colossal setback for Raila Odinga, Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of William Ruto as duly elected president. That verdict effectively dismissed many cases demanding the annulation of the 9 August presidential election result. …
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC, on crimes against migrants in Libya.
Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan participates in the ceremony in Rome, Italy on 7 September through which the Office of the Prosecutor formally joined the Joint Team I am pleased to confirm that today my Office has become a formal …
Queen Elizabeth II is dead
Queen Elizabeth II of England died at Balmoral, Scotland, at 96, according to Buckingham Palace. She was the UK's longest-serving monarch, ruling the kingdom for 70 years. She died in the presence of her family members, who gathered at her Scottish …
Kenya: local TVs barred from Ruto's presidential inauguration
Kenya's Presidential election has come and gone, and William Ruto has been declared the winner, thanks to the supreme court's verdict, which cemented his victory. Following that august ruling, the president-elect Ruto has been preaching the reconciliation gospels backed up …
Félicien Kabuga Trial: The boomerang of life and lawlessness.
Life is a boomerang; what you give is what you get. Nothing lasts forever, nor is any condition permanent. Not even power or powerbrokers can guarantee immortality. Just because the boomerang in life has taken time does not mean it …