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ICC - International Criminal Court
Years active: 2005-2015
IWPR is at the forefront of media interventions in situations of human suffering and mass abuses around the world. It gives a voice to the vulnerable and delivers crucial analysis on conflict and impunity to both a local and global audience. As the leading news agency reporting on international justice and human rights, IWPR makes an important contribution to the value and effectiveness of local judicial mechanisms as well as international legal institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Boarding Schools in Crisis
Parents are pulling their children out of schools which have run out of food, water, and electricity.
Grim Fate May Await Mann in Equatorial Guinea
Lawyer fears that if his client is extradited, he will be tortured and denied treatment for a hernia that would end up killing him.
Officials Hound Nigerian Community
Nigerians in Zimbabwe appear to be bearing the brunt of Mugabe’s seeming contempt for their former leader.
Refugees Fear Renewed Conflict
By Columbus Onoo in Gulu, northern Uganda (AR No. 165, 08-Apr-08)
LRA's Foes Chafe at Peace Delay
Embittered by years of war, former pro-government paramilitaries want Ugandan rebels captured if peace deal is not signed.
Kony May Sign Peace Deal in Jungle
LRA negotiating team say their leader won’t come to Juba because of warrants for his arrest.
Patience of LRA Victims Wearing Thin
Victims of Uganda’s 20-year war say the rebels should be pursued if a peace accord is not signed.