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The Gambian government announced on Tuesday that it will be leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . During the televised statement, Information Minister Sheriff Bojang criticized the court for ignoring western atrocities , referring to the ICC as "an...

South Africa announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The government originally expressed such intentions last year when South Africa refused to act on the ICC's arrest...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN Security Council have been "conspicuous silent" in response to the prosecutor office's calls to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, said ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday. She stated...

The South Africa Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed for leave to appeal the unfavorable judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) concerning the government's failure to detain Sudan President Omar al-Bashir...

The Office of the Prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants Thursday for Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett, two Kenyans charged with interfering with the prosecution of the Kenya Situation. As...

The International Criminal Court has requested that South Africa provide an explanation for the country's failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir . As an ICC member, South Africa was required to arrest Bashir...

JURIST Guests Netsanet Belay and Solomon Sacco of Amnesty International discuss two recent cases in which states have used diplomatic immunity as a pretext for not executing arrest warrants for visiting public officials who are wanted for crimes under international...

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir was allowed to leave South Africa on Monday, despite a ruling by the North Gauteng High Court that he should be kept in the country because of International Criminal Court...

A judge for South Africa's high court on Sunday issued an order barring Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , who has an international warrant out for his arrest, from leaving the country. Bashir, who was visiting South Africa for...

African leaders urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Saturday to drop cases against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto, or suspend the charges until African concerns are considered by the court. Bashir...