Government of Nagorno-Karabakh separatist region to disband following Azerbaijan-led blockade
Following a months-long blockade that culminated in violent attacks by Azerbaijani forces, the government of the predominantly ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday it would disband, effective immediately. “The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh … ceases to exist,” the separatist republic — referred to in Armenian as Artsakh — stated via its official information channel on [...]
Azerbaijan launches military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting humanitarian concerns
Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, prompting humanitarian concerns from international observers, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, but it is also home to the Armenian-aligned breakaway state of Artsakh. Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of planting [...]
Opinion: Claims of Genocide Push Nagorno-Karabakh Further From Peace
Earlier this month, a former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, released a legal opinion claiming that genocide is under way against ethnic Armenians in the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Such serious allegations should not be made lightly and require careful scrutiny. In light of this opinion, the Government of Azerbaijan [...]
Mexico megachurch leader pleads guilty to three counts of sex abuse against minors
The attorney general of California Friday announced that his office had secured a guilty plea and conviction against the leader of Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo. Accepted just days before trial, the plea deal required that Naasón Joaquín García admit to three counts of sexual acts against minors. García, who was arrested in 2019, had long maintained [...]
US imposes sanctions on ICC chief prosecutor probing alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced economic sanctions against the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda. Bensouda has held the position since 2012, when she replaced Argentinian Luis Moreno Ocampo, the ICC’s first chief prosecutor. Bensouda had previously served as Ocampo’s assistant. Characterizing the ICC as [...]
In April, the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) refused to authorize an investigation into alleged war crimes that have been committed in Afghanistan since 2003. The Prosecutor’s 20,000-page request, issued in November 2017, would have opened a broad investigation, including a probe into possible war crimes committed by U.S. military personnel. [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Pacifique Manirakiza of the University of Ottawa discusses the effectiveness of Burundi's withdrawal from ICC...On October 27th, 2017 Burundi became the first State Party to withdraw from the Rome Treaty creating the International Criminal Court (ICC), in...
Rights groups urge exhumation of former Philippines leader from Heroes' Cemetery
Human Rights activists Saturnino Ocampo and Bonifacio Ilagan, among others, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the Philippines Monday to exhume the body of Ferdinand Marcos from the Heroes' Cemetery, usually reserved for public servants and...
Members of Iraq's Yazidi minority on Thursday submitted a report to the International Criminal Court detailing the crimes committed against their community by militants of the Islamic State (IS) and urged the...
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday urged renewed efforts to arrest militia leader and accused war criminal Joseph Kony . The statement came after the announcement...
