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5 December 2014 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
ICC Prosecutor withdraws charges against Kenyan President Kenyatta: Prosecutors at the ICC dropped the charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity. Kenyatta was indicted...
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13 January 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
DNA test requested for murdered ICC witness: Deputy President William Ruto’s attorney, Karim Khan, requested a DNA test of Meshack Yebei. Yebei was a potential witness in the trial against President...
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20 January 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURT
ICC Prosecution opens a preliminary examination in Palestine: On 16 January 2015, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda opened a preliminary examination to examine the situation currently in Palestine. The...
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3 February 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
ICJ dismisses genocide claims for both Serbia and Croatia: On 3 February 2015, the International Court of Justice provided its verdict on the genocide claims during the Balkan Wars in 1991-1995. The...
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17 February 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
UN HR Council grants 6 mo delay to release of Sri Lanka war crimes report: The United Nations Human Rights Council granted the Sri Lankan government a six month delay in releasing its report on alleged...
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24 February 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Mrs. Gbagbo appears before national trial and denies wrongdoing: Simone Gbagbo presented evidence for the first time in her trial in Abidjan. Mrs. Gbagbo denies all wrongdoing in her alleged role in...
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10 March 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Simone Gbagbo sentenced to twenty years for Cote d’Ivoire violence: A court in the Ivory Coast has sentenced Simone Gbagbo, former first lady of the Ivory Coast, to twenty years in prison for her...
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27 March 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Final ICC Prosecution witness in Ruto / Sang case found and begins testifying: The final prosecution witness for both President William Ruto’s and journalist Joshua Sang’s hearings has been located...
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3 April 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz asks Trial Chamber to issue a verdict for Seselj soon: ICTY prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, asked the Trial Chamber to make a final verdict in Vojislav Seselj’s case for alleged...
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17 April 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
STL begins contempt trial against Lebanese journalist and her TV station: Lebanese journalist, Karma Khayat, and her al-Jadeed TV station stand accused of obstruction of justice for the 2005...
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8 JUNE 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Kenya TC says decision on admissibility of statements from recanted witnesses by July: During a status conference held on Friday 5 June 2015 before Trial Chamber V (a), Presiding Judge Childe...
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15 JUNE 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
ICC indicted Bashir leaves SA after judge order conditional restriction on exit: After a South African judge provisionally ordered that President Omar al-Bashir not leave the country due to the...
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19 June 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Closing arguments for STL contempt case of journalist and news company: The STL heard closing arguments over the 18 and 19 June 2015 in the tribunal’s first contempt proceeding. The charges are against...
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26 June 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Palestinian authority present case file for ICC Prosecution’s preliminary examination: Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Palestinian official Mustafa Barghouti visited the...
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13 July 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Prosecution expert witness against Mladic says mass grave indicate ethnic cleansing: Polish demographer Ewa Tabeau, an expert witness in the trial of former Bosnia Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, has...
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20 July 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Djingarey Berre Mosque, Timbuktu, North of Mali. Photo: United Nations photo via Flickr, no changes (CC). UN requests ICC probe of destruction of mausoleums in Mali: The United Nation’s cultural wing...
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22 July 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
HRW releases report detailing S. Sudan Government offensive and resulting human rights violations: On 21 July 2015, Human Rights Watch released a 42-page report finding South Sudanese government forces...
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30 July 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
ECCC witness testifies that Samphan present at airport worksite: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Photo: ECCC via Flickr (CC). The final witness concerning the Kampong Chhnang airport...
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10 August 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
Kosovo passes laws to establish war crimes tribunal: Kosovo lawmakers have approved a law to set up a special war crimes court to assist with filing indictments against top wartime leaders and current...
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20 August 2015 – NEWS ABOUT THE COURTS
ICC TC in Ruto case allows admission of recanted witnesses previous statements: Yesterday, 19 August 2015, ICC trial judges allowed the prosecution’s request for admission of recanted witness...
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