President Joe Biden said on Friday that he thinks it’s “justified” that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes while admitting that the move is mostly symbolic as neither Russia nor the United States recognize its jurisdiction. “I think it’s justified,” Biden told reporters […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been formally accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes and faces an arrest warrant, which the Kremlin considers illegitimate. ICC president Piotr Hofmanski said in a video statement Friday that an arrest warrant has been issued for Putin for the “alleged war crimes of deportation of children from Ukrainian occupied […]
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested to reopen an investigation into killings and suspected human rights abuses committed under Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” campaign. The ICC probe was suspended in November last year after the Philippine government requested a deferral and pledged to undertake its own investigations into […]
The Sudanese government will hand Omar al-Bashir over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conflict, according to a Cabinet of Ministers in a statement to CNN. Bashir, who ruled Sudan for three decades before being deposed in 2019, faces charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in […]
THE HAGUE—The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken into custody a former Central African Republic commander of the “Seleka” faction suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a statement, the court said Mahamat Said Abdel Kain had surrendered to the court on Sunday and had been arrested under a warrant […]
WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda over her investigation into whether Taliban, Afghan, and American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. The United States is not a party state to the Rome Statute of the ICC. “Today, the United States […]
The White House issued a severe rebuke of the International Criminal Court on Sept. 10 and threatened to retaliate if the supranational body’s personnel and abettors prosecute citizens of the United States and its allies. In announcing the new policy toward the ICC, National Security Advisor John Bolton cited the court’s November 2017 request to […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP)—A Filipino lawyer on Monday presented documents to the International Criminal Court which he said contain evidence of the alleged involvement of President Rodrigo Duterte in extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and other crime suspects. “It is a case for crimes against humanity against President Rodrigo Duterte and senior officials in […]
