Focus
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).
New Role for Canny Tanzanian Politician
Can Benjamin Mkapa succeed where so many other African leaders have failed? A friend and colleague of the former Tanzanian president from the days when they were both young journalists assesses his chances.
Slow Progress at Rwandan Tribunal
At a cost of over a billion dollars, some say the tribunal to try ringleaders of the Rwandan genocide is too expensive and has dragged on for too long.
Ituri: The Congo's Own Rwanda
A savage regional conflict in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed more than 60,000 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Uganda: Acholi Elders May Hold Key to Peace Talks
Origins of brutal 20-year-old war with the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army lie deep in tribal history and culture.
Uganda Peace Talks Bring Hope
Can Sudan’s Machar bridge the gap between Kampala and the LRA?
Uganda: Amnesty Offer Blow for Rebel Chief Arrest Plans
With the offer of amnesty for rebel leader Joseph Kony, peace talks suddenly look realistic - but the move worries those who want to see him arrested and brought before the International Criminal Court.
Uganda: Demystifying Kony
LRA chief looks more like a conventional rebel leader than a man described by former followers as a prophet who talked to angels.
Africans at the ICC
Introduction to a series of profiles of prominent Africans working at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Uganda: Call for Peace from Rebel Chief's Village
As negotiators gather in Juba, south Sudan, to end 20 years of war in northern Uganda, a plea for peace comes from Joseph Kony’s childhood home.