Credit: Wikipedia / Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court Tuesday cleared former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo of war crimes and ordered his release from The Hague-based detention centre. ICC judges ordered the immediate release of
By Gary Raynaldo The International Criminal Court (ICC) is scheduled to rule next week on whether to release former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo during his trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Gbagbo, 73, has spent seven years in detention at The
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda chastised states such as Jordan, Djibouti, and Uganda for failing to arrest and surrender Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir for suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity. Bensouda appeared before the U.N. Security
By Gary Raynaldo Diplomatic Times Fatou Bensouda is a woman who hunts tyrants around the world to bring to justice for war crimes. Bensouda is the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court located in The Hague Netherlands. She has been busy lately. During
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Central African Republic militia leader Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona was arrested today in France pursuant to an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, the ICC reported. The Hague-based war tribunal submitted a request to French authorities
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Accused Central African Republic warlord Alfred Yekatom (AKA ‘Rambo’) appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC ) today in The Hague, Netherlands. Authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) surrendered Yekatom to the ICC last
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Alfred Yekatom (AKA ‘Rambo’) was surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague Saturday by authorities of the Central African Republic (“CAR”). The former militia leader will face trial for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC had
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Friday called for the arrest of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who is being sought by The Hague-based war tribunal. Bensouda made the remarks speaking before the UN
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NEW YORK – The President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, chose powerful words from American political icon Eleanor Roosevelt to drive home the importance of the war tribunal. The ICC President addressed the United Nations General Assembly Monday