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PRESS RELEASE: 17 January 2013
New
ICC Prosecutor repeats old
Prosecutor's mistakes
On 16 January 2012 the new Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, the successor of Luis Moreno Ocampo, announced that the Court was formally opening an investigation into alleged crimes committed on the territory of Mali since January 2012. ICCwatch director Marc Glendening has pointed out however that, in accepting this Malian self-referral, Fatou Bensouda is repeating an institutional mistake made by her predecessor, Luis Moreno Ocampo ...
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PRESS RELEASE: 1 September 2012
Change of ICC Chief Prosecutor changes nothing
The Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda has been sworn in as the International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor, replacing the scandal-ridden and incompetent Luis Moreno Ocampo. ICCwatch Director Marc Glendening notes however:
"There are several clear reservations about Bensouda. While she has stated that she is ready to lead the fight against the world's worst war criminals, she did not mention that the ICC will ignore any crimes against humanity or war crimes committed by western or NATO forces in Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere ..."
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PRESS RELEASE: 15 August 2012
Ocampo
goes, a corrupt and incompetent
court remains
Luis Moreno Ocampo's tenure as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has come to an end. His replacement as prosecutor, however, does not in any way disguise the reality that the Court remains a corrupt and incompetent institution ...
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Uhuru
Kenyatta's crimes against humanity trial must be stopped, Kenya tells UN
Daily
Telegraph - 9 May 2013
"In a confidential letter dated May 2nd, Kenya reportedly asked the United Nations Security Council to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto ..."
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Kenya:
British PM defends Uhuru invitation
AllAfrica - 9 May
2013
"The British government has defended meetings by its officials with President Uhuru Kenyatta despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court. Prime Minister David Cameron told the BBC that he met Uhuru because Kenya was playing a vital role fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia. He said Uhuru had assured him that he was cooperating with the ICC and in Cameron's view, he is "innocent until proved guilty."
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Mahmood
Mamdani criticises the TRC and ICC’s narrow focus
BooksLive
- 9 May 2013
"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) only dealt with individual violators of human rights in a narrow way, ignoring the issues that led to the violence – and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is doing the same. This is what Mahmood Mamdani, author of Define and Rule, told Shaun de Waal in a recent interview ..."
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ICC
trial of Kenya's deputy President postponed
AllAfrica
- 6 May 2013
"The International Criminal Court (ICC) has now postponed the May trial of Deputy President William Ruto and former radio presenter Joshua arap Sang ..."
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Bemba
Trial Stalls Due to Absence of Defense Witnesses
AllAfrica
- 3 May 2013
"Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has stalled once again, as the defense continues to experience difficulties in getting witnesses to appear before the court ..."
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Mahmood
Mamdani: Legal Band-Aid not for deep wounds
Mail & Guardian
- 3 May 2013
"What is common to the TRC and the ICC is that both ignore the issues that led to the violence. But there’s no real way forward unless we take on the issues. I believe we are dealing with cycles of violence and, when it comes to cycles of violence such as go into the making of a civil war, each side has a narrative of victimhood ..."
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ICC
Judge withdraws from Uhuru, Ruto case
Uganda
New Vision - 29 April 2013
"A Belgium judge who was one of the judges handling the case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has withdrawn. Belgium Judge Van den Wyngaert maintained that the Prosecution failed to properly investigate the case against President Uhuru Kenyatta prior to confirmation ..."
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