International Criminal Court

With a New Investigation in the Works, Can the ICC Improve its Reputation in Africa?

October 10, 2016

The tiny west african country of Gabon is newest place the International Criminal Court may probe for serious human rights violations. Allegations of abuse stem from a disputed election last month which set off riots in the country, which has a population of l...

The ICC’s First Hunger-Striking Defendant Poses a Courtroom Conundrum

Carol Jean Gallo

September 23, 2016

At the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Bosco Ntaganda, who is on trial for his role in war crimes committed in the Ituri district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2002 and 2003, just spent two weeks on hunger strike. He said he...

What you need to know about the trial of former Cote D’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo

Penelope Chester

February 2, 2016

Last week, a landmark trial began at the International Criminal Court. Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Côte d'Ivoire, and Charles Blé Goudé, who was youth and employment minister in Gbagbo’s government as well as the leader of the Young Patriots, a pro...

Episode 83: Stephen Rapp

Mark Leon Goldberg

October 5, 2015

When Stephen Rapp was a 21-year-old intern in Washington, DC he was pistol whipped and left for dead in the trunk of his own car. Throughout his career as a US Attorney and later as a UN war crimes prosecutor and the US Ambassador-at Large for War Crimes Is...

3 Takeaways from the UN’s Gaza Report

Mark Leon Goldberg

June 22, 2015

A UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry dispatched to investigate alleged human rights violations stemming from last year's conflict in Gaza and Israel released a long awaited report today. For those who follow this issue in particular or international...