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Paul Bradfield, former prosecution lawyer at the International Criminal Court, considers the future of the court. The International Criminal Court is at a crossroads. It seeks a new chief prosecutor to succeed the incumbent, Fatou Bensouda. For her successor, huge challenges – both legal and p

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened an investigation into the alleged ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Myanmar's generals and Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize winner, could face prosecution in the court for crimes against humanity as well a

An International Criminal Court (ICC) judge who faced criticism for accepting an appointment as Japanese ambassador to Estonia has given up the new role. Judge Kuniko Ozaki, one of three judges currently presiding over the trial of alleged war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, was given permission early this

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected a request to investigate alleged war crimes in Afghanistan – a week after the US revoked the entry visa of ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, for looking into the selfsame issue. Announcing the decision, ICC judges cited Afghanistan's instabilit