The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a notorious Congolese rebel commander known as “The Terminator,” of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. These crimes were committed in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), from 2002-2003. Ntaganda was found guilty of “murder and attempted murder, rape, sexual slavery, [...]
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ICC appeals chamber acquits former Congolese politician of war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber acquitted former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Friday on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 2016, Bemba was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and [...]
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JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Brown Keyder, the State University of New York at Binghamton, discusses IP laws in the US and EU... If any legal concepts may be said to characterize our age, intellectual property (IP) and secrecy would be...
A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was found guilty of bribing witnesses in his International Criminal Court (ICC) trial for war crimes. On Wednesday The Hague-based court found Jean-Pierre Bemba...
Bosco Ntaganda , a former rebel in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has begun a hunger strike and is refusing to appear at his trial to protest the conditions of his detention. Ntaganda is on...
AU advisory board accuses ICC of bias against African nations
An advisory board to the African Union (AU) on Saturday accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of narrowly focusing its investigations on African government leaders since its inception in 2002. Last April, AU members ordered ...
ICC sentences ex-Congolese military leader Bemba to 18 years
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced ex-Congolese military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for crimes against humanity and war crimes stemming from his involvement in the conflict in...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday criticized Omani courts for jailing two online activists over posts they wrote on social media websites. In one of the cases, former diplomat Hassan al-Basham was sentenced to three years in...