International criminal court News

Tel Aviv - Israel is attempting to delegitimize the International Criminal Court in the wake of its decision to launch an inquiry into possible Israeli war crimes committed during last year's Gaza offensive.

A recent resolution put forth to the United Nations Security Council to ask the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in Syria has been vetoed by China and Russia.

The United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has strongly condemned the use of torture in Syria by both the regime and some armed opposition groups.

The OAS will convene a meeting on August 24, to discuss the matter of Julian Assange, his asylum and the U.K.'s threats on Ecuador's sovereignty. ALBA and UNASUR are meeting on the issue this weekend.

The U.K. is denying safe passage to Julian Assange, despite the asylum granted to him by Ecuador. The Ecuadorian government says it may appeal to the International Criminal Court.

The Hague - Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for using child soldiers in battle. Taking into account time already served, Lubanga will serve just 8 more years behind bars.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is demanding the immediate release of four its officials detained in Libya. The four, including an Australian lawyer, are accused of carrying suspicious letters to Saif Gaddafi in his makeshift Zintan prison.

The Hague - According to BBC News, defense counsel for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former dictator, Muammar, are claiming he has been attacked in custody in Libya.

The International Criminal Court has found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers from 2002-2003, BBC News reports.

There are “serious suspicions” that the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was a war crime, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says.

The Hague - International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has issued a statement on Friday to say his office was in "informal contact" with Saif Gaddafi regarding his surrender. He promised there would be no deals offered in return for surrender.

The head of US Naval Forces Central Command warns that the successful rescue of the American captain of the Maersk Alabama from captivity by Somali pirates. may escalate violence in that part of the world - i.e. the Horn of Africa, Sudan and Somalia.

Today should be an interesting day for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir as the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Netherlands has charged him with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur.

An international arrest warrant has been issued for the President of Sudan on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

South Africa's foreign minister wants the International Criminal Court to delay its arrest warrant of Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir on genocide charges. Foreign Minister Mrs Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma fears it 'would delay the Darfur peace process'.