Luis Moreno Ocampo

Investigating Kenya: What's In A Name?

Seth Engel | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Human Rights, Kenya, William Schabas, Myanmar, Africa, International Justice, Callixte Mbarushimana, Impunity, London Riots, Syria, International Criminal Court, World News

Let's hope that the next cases brought in the ICC are winners with real "organizational policies" committing the most serious of crimes.

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'Serious Suspicions' Surround Gaddafi's Death

AP | By EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi Death, Video, Luis Moreno Ocampo, UN Security, Muammar Gaddafi, Gaddafi Death, United Nations, National Transitional Council, International Criminal Court, World News

UNITED NATIONS -- The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Thursday there are "serious suspicions" that the death of Libyan lead...

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Prosecutors Seek To Arrest Another Sudan Official For War Crimes

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Omar Al-Bashir, Darfur Genocide, Sudan, Sudan War Crimes, Darfur Sudan, Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, International Criminal Court, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court prosecutor sought an arrest warrant Friday for Sudan's defense minister on crimes agai...

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Prosecutors Seek To Arrest Another Sudan Official For War Crimes

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Omar Al-Bashir, Darfur Genocide, Sudan, Sudan War Crimes, Darfur Sudan, Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, International Criminal Court, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court prosecutor sought an arrest warrant Friday for Sudan's defense minister on crimes agai...

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Laurent Gbagbo Charged With Crimes Against Humanity

AP | MIKE CORDER and LAURA BURKE | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Omar Al-Bashir, Video, Laurent Gbagbo, Laurent Gbagbo Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, Icc, Moammar Gadhafi, Ivory Coast, Crimes Against Humanity, International Criminal Court, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was taken into custody by the International Criminal Court Wednesday to fac...

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Obama's Connection To Kenya's Prime Minister

AP | By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Raila Odinga, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Kenya, Barack Obama, World News

NAIROBI, Kenya -- What do President Barack Obama, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga ha...

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Corruption, Kleptocrats, and Politics: Sudan and Burma

Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Sadly, money laundering, corruption, and partnerships between violent regimes and willing banks is all too common, even when it's illegal.

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Getting Specific About Accountability in Sudan

John Prendergast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Darfur, Justice, Sudan, Barack Obama, International Criminal Court, Genocide, World News

It is time for real consequences for Khartoum's actions. U.S. leadership on the issue of accountability is essential to bringing peace and justice to Sudan.

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The ICC and Afghanistan: A Moment of Opportunity for Justice

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, U.S. Troops, Afghanistan, Nato, Taliban, Development, Justice, Crimes Against Humanity, Afghanistan War, International Criminal Court, Torture, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, World News

The standing and status of the ICC is tested in a country like Afghanistan. Opening up a formal investigation will impeach international troops, including non-parties to the Rome Statute, like the United States.

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Kenya Tribunal On Violence To Be In Place By 2010

UPI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Raila Odinga, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Kenya Violence, Kenya Tribunal, Mwai Kibaki, Kenya, Foreign Affairs, Icc, Kofi Annan, Advocacy, International Criminal Court, World News

Kenya has agreed to a July 2010 deadline to set up a tribunal to try those responsible for inciting violence that killed 1,500 people in 2007, officia...

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A Waltz with President al Bashir of Sudan

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lebanon, Sabra and Shatilla, Radovan Karadzic Serbia, Serbia, Hezbollah, Sabra-and-Shatilla, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Waltz With Bashir, Hamas, Ratko Mladic, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Arabs, Sudan, Janjaweed Militia, Darfur Sudan, Israel, World News

Typically, talking about a crime by an Arab leader in the Middle East, one will almost always end up talking about other concerned parties. It seems to be a special built-in ability to auto-dodge accountability.

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Al-Bashir Arrest Warrant Issued By International Criminal Court

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The president of Sudan became a wanted man Wednesday when the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes ...

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Janjaweed Break Ranks As Sudan President Faces The ICC

Allafrica.com | Abdhalla Tajeldin Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Mohamed Hamdan, Kabkabeya, Omar Al-Bashir, Africa, Darfur, Civil War in Darfur, Sudan, Sudan Armed Forces, Janjaweed Rebels, International Criminal Court, World News

The pending indictment of Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court, ICC, appears to have eroded critical support for the embattled Sudanese ...

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Video for Change: The ICC and Justice for Child Soldiers in the DRC

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm | Posted 05.25.2011

The International Criminal Court commenced its first trial Jan 26, and I am inspired by the myriad and unprecedented ways video and technology have been incorporated into the proceedings.

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Where is the Muslim Outrage Over Darfur?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Darfur, Omar Al-Bashir, Rape, Gaza, Janjaweed Militia, Sudan, United Nations, Genocide, Arab League, Muslims, Israel, Bashar Al-Assad, International Criminal Court, World News

Where are the large-scale protests and outrage from the Muslim community over the senseless deaths and rape of hundreds of thousands of poverty-ridden African Muslims?

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ICC Prosecutor: Sudan Leader 'Inciting Violence'

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Omar Al-Bashir, Human Rights, Africa, Violence in Sudan, Sudan, United Nations, Human Rights Violations in Sudan, Genocide, Genocide Darfur, Genocide Charges Sudan, UN Security Council, World News

UNITED NATIONS — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court cautioned the U.N. Wednesday to be prepared for reprisals in Darfur if...

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