Latest International Criminal Court News

UK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu

Jul. 26, 2024 12:54 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said Friday that the U.K. will not intervene in the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement is reversal of plans announced by...

UK drops plans to challenge the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu

Jul. 26, 2024 08:32 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — UK drops plans to challenge the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu.

In an Argentine court, Venezuelans testify to alleged crimes against humanity under President Maduro

Jun. 29, 2024 07:44 AM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Frustrated by the limits of the laboriously slow International Criminal Court and determined that the security officers who allegedly killed their loved ones not enjoy absolute impunity, Venezuelans have brought their crimes-against-humanity case to a federal court...

ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of abusing prisoners in Mali

Jun. 26, 2024 10:18 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader of the religious persecution and torture of prisoners in Mali in 2012-13 when he headed the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu. Al Hassan...

International Criminal Court convicts al-Qaida-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali

Jun. 26, 2024 06:46 AM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court convicts al-Qaida-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali.

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants

Jun. 25, 2024 10:16 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacks on Ukraine's power plants, the third time the global court has accused senior Russian leaders of war crimes. ...

ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian ex-defense minister and chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine

Jun. 25, 2024 06:52 AM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian ex-defense minister and chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine.

International court unseals arrest warrant for Mali suspect accused of crimes in Timbuktu in 2012

Jun. 21, 2024 13:56 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant Friday for a Malian accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012-13, where he is suspected of leading an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group. ...

ICC prosecutor appeals for evidence of atrocities in Sudan after rebels attack hospital in Darfur

Jun. 11, 2024 05:12 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor appealed Tuesday for information and evidence of atrocities in Sudan, saying his ongoing investigation “seems to disclose an organized, systematic and a profound attack on human dignity.” ICC...

Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns

Jun. 04, 2024 23:37 PM EDT

JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded the data collection to prove it. "It is possible, if...