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International Criminal Court

Type: Organization

Name: International Criminal Court

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents

U.S. eases stand on global criminal court

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The American war-crimes ambassador said yesterday that the United States was committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the International Criminal Court.Stephen ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Stephen Rapp, United States, Sudanese, Crime

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Envoy's Speech Signals Softening of U.S. Hostility to International Court

In a softening of U.S. hostility to the International Criminal Court, the American war crimes ambassador Stephen Rapp said in a speech Thursday in the Hague that the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity. The comments marked ... [Law.com - Newswire - 11/19/2009]

Entities: United States, Stephen Rapp, International Criminal Court, Crimes Against Humanity

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

International Commission of Jurists

ICC boss denies plot to soil Africa

African countries have been urged to support the International Criminal Court to promote justice and peace.The president of the appeals division at the ICC, Prof Daniel Nsereko, on Thursday said that Kenyans should not give credibility to the false notion ... [Daily Nation - 11/19/2009]

Entities: International Chamber of Commerce, Crime, International Commission of Jurists

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

United Nations

World churches push for full investigation over Gaza war crimes

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to make sure that recommendations of a key report about war crimes committed during the conflict between Israeli and Palestinian armed forces in Gaza at the beginning of ... [Ekklesia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Crime, Samuel Kobia, RICHARD GOLDSTONE, United Nations, UN Security Council

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Central Intelligence Agency

America's war criminals

criminals of its own and they have served not that long ago at the apex of power in the American government.No one is going to act like the recently deceased Robert McNamara who served as Secretary of Defence under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon ... [Tenerife News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Chile, Torture, Criminal, Central Intelligence Agency, Richard Helms

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Edward McMillan-Scott

MEP calls for creation of human rights 'impunity register'

UK MEP Edward McMillan-Scott has proposed establishing a register of 'confidential denunciations' for human rights abuses worldwide.He said such a register should be organised by the EU.His appeal comes on the day a hearing in parliament condemned human ... [TheParliament.com - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Human Rights, Edward McMillan-Scott, European Union, HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS, International Chamber of Commerce

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Danish government must arrest Sudan president if he attends Copenhagen climate conference, says Amnesty

The Danish government must arrest Sudanese President al Bashir if he attends the Copenhagen climate conference next month, said Amnesty International today. Amnesty has learned that the Danish government has invited President al Bashir, who is wanted ... [Amnesty International UK - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Arrests, Amnesty, Copenhagen

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

Obama may put Americans under world judges' power

Author: PoliticallyIncorrectPosted: 11/ 20/ 09 3:49 pmPresident Obama has dispatched a delegation this week to The Hague to explore issues involving the United States' possible participation in the International Criminal Court, an organization critics ... [Free Dominion - 13 hours ago]

Entities: International Chamber of Commerce, United States, Barack Obama, Mathew Staver

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

U.S. to attend conference held by war crimes court

For the first time in nearly eight years, the United States will participate in a conference with members of the International Criminal Court, a decision that signals growing U.S. support for a war crimes tribunal the Bush administration once shunned ... [Washington Post - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Crime, United States, Military Action, Bush Administration, Nairobi

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 2 Documents

The latest news on Unemployment, Health Care, International Criminal Court, U.S.-China, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jerusalem, and Select Op-Eds.

Quote of the Day. “There used to be a lot of racial tension here, but everybody knows that we need each other to survive this recession. People now, they seem to be starting to care for one another.” Eugene Edwards, president of the Henry County (GA) ... [Sojourners - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Iran, International Criminal Court, Care International

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 4 Documents (in Politics)

US envoy back in Sudan

Washington - US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday.Gration was expected to meet with members of the National Congress Party ... [News24.com - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Sudan, Darfur, Khartoum, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M), Scott Gration

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

No war in Dafur, says Mbeki

There is no war in Darfur, and the people who are saying so, are doing it to justify their own political agendas. According to a report on the News24 site, this was how former South African President Thabo Mbeki expressed his opinion on the situation ... [Legalbrief - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Thabo Mbeki, Sudan, Darfur, University of Pretoria, Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir

Quotes

...The Committee protested these Israeli military actions, and called upon the UN Secretary-General "to put in motion legal action to ensure that justice is done and those accountable are held responsible for their actions, including by referring the matter to the International Criminal Court if war crimes were committed." ] +

WHO chief requested to dispatch urgent mission to Gaza by Riaz K. Tayob [Third World Network - 1 hour ago]

"The International Criminal Court needs the cooperation of its member states. Under the Rome Statute which established the ICC Denmark has a duty to arrest and surrender any person within its territory who is subject to an arrest warrant issued by the ICC."

Danish government must arrest Sudan president if he attends Copenhagen climate conference, says A ... [Amnesty International UK - 15 hours ago]

...Launching his appeal for a register, McMillan-Scott, the parliament vice-president responsible for democracy and human rights, said, "With the Lisbon treaty coming into force the EU needs to develop hard uses for its soft power. 'As a first step, we should reflect president Obama's call to action on human rights in China and in other oppressive regimes.'The EU should open a confidential register of complaints and reports of human rights abuses, political persecution and torture around the world. 'This could be modelled on the Cold War West German register in Salzgitter which received denunciations from East Germany.'McMillan-Scott is the founder of the €140m 'European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights' - which part finances the International Criminal Court (ICC)."

MEP calls for creation of human rights 'impunity register' [TheParliament.com - 19 hours ago]

...HAGUE (AFP) A United States ambassador said Thursday that Washington was concerned about how aggression will be defined as an international crime. "I would be remiss not to share with you my country's concerns about an issue ... to which we attach particular importance: the definition of the crime of aggression" US war crimes ambassador Stephen Rapp told a gathering in The Hague of the International Criminal Court's Assembly of State Parties (ASP)...

US concerned about defininiton of aggression as international crime [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/19/2009]

More Content

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Democratic Republic of Congo: More prosecutions... [Amnesty International USA - 1 hour ago]
UN: Investigators Call for Gaza War Crimes Inqu... [Third World Network - 1 hour ago]
WHO chief requested to dispatch urgent mission ... [Third World Network - 1 hour ago]
UK Lawyer Richard Harvey to Represent Karadzic ... [Sofia News Agency - 8 hours ago]
Getting the history right [Calcutta Telegraph - 10 hours ago]
Obama may put Americans under world judges' power [Free Dominion - 13 hours ago]
Danish government must arrest Sudan president i... [Amnesty International UK - 15 hours ago]
â$¢ New threats to children need new ... [IRIN - 16 hours ago]
MEP calls for creation of human rights 'impunit... [TheParliament.com - 19 hours ago]
Nov. 20: Letters to the editor [Globe and Mail - 20 hours ago]
Richard Harvey, QC, appointed to represent Kara... [Times Online - 21 hours ago]
Malalai Joya: former Afghan MP blasts NATO pres... [The Martlet Online - 23 hours ago]
Kuwait keen on incorporating technology into le... [Kuwait News Agency - 11/20/2009]
U.S. eases stand on global criminal court [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/20/2009]
Nobel prize for Obasanjo? Not after Odi and Zak... [Daily Sun - 11/20/2009]
US makes debut at war crimes court [Oman Tribune - 11/20/2009]
America's war criminals [Tenerife News - 11/20/2009]
Working for "a world for children free of ... [SINA - 11/20/2009]
Stolen childhood in battle [SINA - 11/20/2009]
World churches push for full investigation over... [Ekklesia - 11/20/2009]
Israeli soldiers from South Africa feel heat of... [Haaretz - 11/20/2009]
US makes debut attendance at ICC [The News International - 11/19/2009]
U.S. Policy of Engagement Extends to Internatio... [Save Darfur - 11/19/2009]
ICC boss denies plot to soil Africa [Daily Nation - 11/19/2009]
Israel bombs 'weapons factory' [News24.com - 11/19/2009]
Envoy's Speech Signals Softening of U.S. Hostil... [Law.com - Newswire - 11/19/2009]
US war crime envoy appears at ICC [BBC - 11/19/2009]
U.S. makes debut appearance at The Hague [MSNBC - 11/19/2009]
U.S. makes debut attendance at Hague war crimes... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/19/2009]
Israel bombs weapons factory, two tunnels in Gaza [Sify - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Lisa J. Laplante: The End of Impunity for Execu... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009] Far from the main stages of the international terror hunt a criminal trial is unfolding which could have profound consequences for the prosecution of heads ...
Kichesipirini Appreciates ICC Recent Correspond... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/18/2009] November 17, 2009 The Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation, an Indigenous Peoples of Canada, thank the Head of the Information and Evidence Unit, Office of the ...
Is the ICC part of our future? [Power Line - 11/18/2009] The Obama administration has decided that the U.S. will participate in a conference with members of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Stephen Rapp, the U.S. ...
Thane Rosenbaum: Worse Than War [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] To the great regret of humanitarians--not to mention actual victims--genocide is both a word for mass murder and an instant conversation killer. The sheer ...
The latest news on Unemployment, Health Care, I... [God's Politics Blog - 11/17/2009] Hunger in the U.S. The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping ...

Audio/Video

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ICC brings hope after Kenya violence - 05 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
President Obama is too busy to save Darfur. [Slate Magazine - 04/09/2009]
Bashir travels despite warrant [Reuters Video: Top News - 04/01/2009]
Bashir travels despite warrant [Reuters Video: Top News - 04/01/2009]

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