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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).
ICC Criticised Over Lack of Local Trials
Experts say international efforts to prosecute crimes at national level have largely failed.
EU Force Gets Green Light for Central African Republic
UN Security Council authorises extra troops to address concerns that peacekeeping numbers are too low.
ICC Prosecutor Criticised for Failing to Press Kenya
Observers surprised that Fatou Bensouda has not done more to urge Nairobi to be more cooperative.
Lawyer Says Ruto Witnesses Lured By Cash
Claims that money and substantial benefits provided incentive for testimony are denied in court.
Witness: Ruto Could Have Stopped Kenya Violence
Court hears that defendant had sufficient authority to have restored calm as soon as fighting broke out.
Could Uganda Prosecute Joseph Kony?
Experts consider steps needed to bring rebel chief before local war crimes court.
ICC Secures Budget Increase
Commentators welcome greater funding but say more is needed to allow court to do its job.
Kenyan Deputy President Allowed to Miss Hearings
Defendant William Ruto must meet a number of conditions to be granted absence from proceedings.
Kenya's Porous Borders Under Scrutiny
Last year’s Nairobi mall attack highlighted weakness of frontier checks.