This article is published in association with United Nations. Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the UN Security Council on Monday. […]Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
January 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court told the UN Security Council on Monday. […]Darfur: ICC convicts Janjaweed leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity
October 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Two decades after the scorched-earth campaign that left hundreds of thousands dead in Sudan’s Darfur, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has delivered its first conviction linked to the conflict, finding Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman “Ali Kushayb”, guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The […]Afghanistan: ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over gender-based persecution
January 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken an historic step towards addressing the “unacceptable” systemic repression of Afghan women, girls and LGBTQI+ individuals by the Taliban. On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for two senior Taliban officials: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme […]World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview
June 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a war crimes conviction on Wednesday against an Al Qaida-linked Malian former self-styled police chief who faced a range of charges, from torture to rape. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mohamed was also found guilty of crimes […]Russian war crimes in Ukraine: EU supports the International Criminal Court investigation with €7.25 million
June 9, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has launched a new project, under its Foreign Policy Instrument, to support the investigation capacities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with €7.25 million. This project, which was first announced by HRVP in Kyiv, is part of the EU’s efforts […]Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
July 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled an “ethnic cleansing campaign” last year, given that “not a single” one has returned officially, the United Nations human […]ICC Appeals Chamber acquits former Congolese Vice President Bemba from war crimes charges
June 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday, decided to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and head of a rebel group in the country, on charges of war crimes and crimes […]
