Review November 27, 2019May 6, 2021 by Coline Schupfer and Yassir Khudayri Critical Convening of the ICC Assembly of States Parties in The Hague …reviewing the processes upon which judges are nominated and elected. We have closely followed and supported the advanced talks among states parties on the establishment of an Independent Expert Review…
Guatemala Trials November 12, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Former Guatemalan Army Chief Accused of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Forced Disappearance …the president), and retired General Manuel Callejas y Callejas, the former chief of military intelligence, occurred as part of a first declaration hearing that had previously been postponed. The hearings…
September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by Nika Jeiranashvili Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Challenges Facing the Situation in Georgia …law, and public international law. Interested individuals have until the end of October 2019 to submit their applications confidentially via ICC’s online recruitment system. The Committee on the Election of…
Guatemala Trials September 5, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada In Defiance of Court Rulings, Guatemalan Congressional Leaders Push Amnesty Bill …from prosecution, a small group of congressional representatives are leading a new effort to pass it into law. If approved, the legislation would result in the immediate release of all…
August 14, 2019February 27, 2020 by Taegin Reisman Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Vacancy Announcement Published …the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor drafted the vacancy announcement, which the committee and Assembly of States Parties (ASP) Bureau approved. In a statement welcoming the publication of…
Guatemala Trials August 2, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Guatemalan Congress Leads Attack on Rule of Law over Amnesty Bill …fundamental citizen rights from being approved, as well as rulings that protect magistrates who have been persecuted from emitting opinions in the exercise of their functions. Congress Seeks to Limit…
Guatemala Trials July 22, 2019April 27, 2021 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Constitutional Court Orders Congress to Suspend Consideration of Amnesty Law Proposal …of the PACs, and ignoring the fact that the women had identified the six men as the material perpetrators of the sexual violence they had suffered. Judge Domínguez ordered the…
July 22, 2019August 7, 2019 by Taegin Reisman Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Who are the Committee Members? …regional group of states. Previously, Ms. Devos had been an adviser in international legal and judicial affairs in the office of Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs. She…
Thomas Lubanga July 16, 2019September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Judges Set to Rule on Lubanga’s Appeal Against US$10 Million Reparations Award …2015 that appeals judges issued an amended order tasking the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) with drawing up and implementing the reparations program. In October 2016, judges approved the plan on symbolic…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui July 1, 2019September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Judges Decline to Stop Katanga’s Trial in Congo …a fair trial. According to him, despite the lengthy passage of time there had been absolutely no progress in Ntaganda’s prosecution. He added that no evidential hearings had been held,…