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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).
Taylor Again Fails to Show Up in Court
Former African leader continues to insist that he’s been denied the means to mount an effective defence.
ICC Examines Child Soldier Convictions
Sierra Leonean court’s precedent-setting verdicts likely to influence ICC cases in Uganda and DRC.
Uganda Willing to See Officials Tried at ICC
Minister says government ready to hand over army members and officials to the international war crimes court, should the need arise.
New Study Gives Huge Figure for LRA Abductions
Research data suggest that northern Uganda’s rebels kidnapped and forcibly conscripted nearly 80,000 people over the years, including twice as many children as previously believed.
Leaving a Judicial Legacy in Sierra Leone
As the Taylor trial gets under way, the court that indicted him builds up the Sierra Leone judiciary as it prepares to wind down.
Otti Sets Conditions for ICC Surrender
Leading LRA suspect says Hague court would also have to indict members of the Ugandan army.
No Consensus in North on War Crimes Justice
Northerners divided over ICC warrants for LRA and calls for the army to be investigated.
ICC Suspect Dealing With Darfur Crisis
Humanitarian affairs minister alleged to have supplied and armed tens of thousands of Janjaweed militiamen.
ICC Warrants Threaten Peace Deal
Peace talks still deadlocked by rebel demands that international court indictments be dropped.