News & Updates

Arrest of Radovan Karadžic a major step towards justice

22 July 2008

The former Bosnian Serb leader could be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands either this weekend or early next week, depending on the outcome of a possible last minute appeal.

President of Sudan could face arrest over Darfur war crimes

18 July 2008

Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has applied for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Omar El Bashir for 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

ICC in difficulty ten years after the Rome Statute

17 July 2008

Thursday 17 July marks the tenth anniversary of the Rome Statute, the treaty that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda

Uganda strikes deal with LRA on trials

20 February 2008

The Ugandan government has struck a deal with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) about where their leaders will be tried.
Jumah al-Dossari

Good news: Jumah al-Dossari released from Guantánamo

17 July 2007

Jumah al-Dossari was amongst a group of 16 Saudi Arabian nationals transferred from Guantánamo to Saudi Arabia on 16 July 2007.
Sudanese refugees from Darfur sitting under a tree at Gaga Camp, near Abeché in Chad, June 2006

Time for justice in Darfur

17 July 2007

In April this year, international arrest warrants were issued for a Sudanese government minister and a leader of the government-supported Janjawid militias.