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NewsWorld Climate Change to be Independently Analyzed
Last week the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) held a meeting in Antalya, Turkey where world weather agencies agreed to compile data from...
NewsICC will Continue to Pursue Preliminary Investigation in Guinea
As part of an on-going ICC preliminary investivation, Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), arrived in Conakry, the...
NewsUS to Help the ICC Protect Kenyan Witnesses
On February 11, 2010 U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp, stated that the United States would assist in protecting witnesses...
Pre-Trial Chamber Declines to Confirm Charges Against Abu Garda
As the snow descends on Washington DC and the Federal Government enters its third consecutive day closed, events continue to unfold at...
NewsICC to Reconsider Genocide Charge in Bashir Case
Today (February 3rd 2010) the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court unanimously reversed ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I's decision of March 2009...
NewsUpdate on the ICC’s Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
Tomorrow (Wednesday February 3rd) the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will determine whether the standard of proof used by...
NewsUNICEF Warns Child Trafficking Could Emerge as a Serious Issue in Haiti
The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th has led to a series of efforts to speed the adoption process for...
NewsUN Peacekeeping Presence Grows in Haiti
As of January 25, 2010, The United Nations continued its work to provide emergency relief services to the people of Haiti with...
NewsTwo New ICC Judges to be Sworn in Tomorrow
On January 20th, 2010, Ms Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi of Argentina and Ms Kuniko Ozaki of Japan will make a solemn undertaking...
NewsThe Lubanga Trial Resumes – ICC Prosecution Spurs the Release of Child Soldiers
The Lubanga trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague resumed on January 7th. Thomas Lubanga is the alleged leader of...
NewsObama Remarks on Recovery Efforts in Haiti
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that "three million people — about a third of Haiti's population — had been affected"...