Kenyatta sings in defiance on the steps of the ICC

Luis Moreno Ocampo landed at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta airport in May 2010 to listen to victims of the violence that swept Kenya three years ago. While there he pledged that by Christmas he would file charges against six ring-leaders and try them in two cases. More... >

Last and flat: Duch's appeal at Cambodia tribunal

March 28: The first time the appeals bench of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) appears in public session. The learned assembly of nine judges, sitting behind eighteen flat computer screens, curves like a spine. More... >

Kenya's Mau Mau take UK to court

On Thursday the British High Court began hearing claims of torture and brutality perpetrated by British staff on Kenyan Mau Mau rebels in the 1950s. More... >

Geoffrey Nice: at your service

Geoffrey Nice, British barrister, is a familiar face in the international legal world. Flamboyant, eloquent and outspoken, he became a well-known courtroom figure as lead prosecutor in the trial of the late Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at the ICTY. Since then, Nice has represented victims before the ICC and is now representing the government of Kenya, in relation to the ‘Ocampo 6’. More... >

Gbagbo: where to next?

With the arrest of former President Laurent Gbagbo on Monday Ivory Coast is now at a turning point in its modern history. But whether the country’s bitter opposing factions can find peace will depend to some extent on what happens next to its stubborn former leader. Ivory Coast has been under the ICC’s radar since 2005 – the question now is whether Gbagbo will face prosecution by the court. IJT spoke to Stephen Ellis, a leading historian on Africa at the Leiden African Studies Centre in the Netherlands. More... >

Observers fear Khmer Rouge court being wound down

Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal is expected to dismiss two new cases against Khmer Rouge suspects in the face of ongoing political pressure, court observers say. More... >

Bosnia seeks extradition of Dubrovnik siege suspect

Bosnia's state prosecutor asked the justice ministry on Tuesday to seek the extradition of a former mayor of a southern Bosnian town arrested in Serbia for the 1991 shelling of Croatia's medieval town of Dubrovnik. More... >

Sri Lanka rights panel hands report to UN chief

A panel of UN experts on Tuesday handed over a report on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka against Tamil separatists to UN leader Ban Ki-moon, his spokesman said. More... >

U.N. Security Council backs Somalia piracy courts

The U.N. Security Council on Monday backed the idea of special courts to try captured Somali pirates but put off a decision on thorny details such as where to locate them. More... >

Gaddafi forces flout international law

"Indiscriminate attacks on civilians trapped in the Libyan city of Misrata by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi violate international law," says Human Rights Watch. More... >

ICC looks into Ivory Coast massacres

After last week's massacres, the International Criminal Court prosecutor is looking for a way to intervene in Ivory Coast. Luis Moreno Ocampo said on Wednesday that "widespread or systematic killings" in Ivory Coast may trigger a formal investigation. More... >