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Sudanese rebel voluntarily appears at ICC
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Warrant issued for Sudan's Leader
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Coalition calls for prompt Administration action on the ICC
April 17, 2009
Washington, D.C. -- More than two dozen human rights, legal and religious organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights First, the International Crisis Group and Citizens for Global Solutions, have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging the Obama administration to quickly declare its support for the International Criminal Court.
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Learn more about the ICC's new President- Sang Hyun Song of South Korea- This was a questionnaire Song filled out in 2003 when he was a candidate for a post of judge in the International Criminal Court.
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ASIL Issues Recommendations on U.S. Policy Toward the International Criminal Court
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International Criminal Court Begins its First Trial
January 27, 2009
Washington, DC – Citizens for Global Solutions congratulates the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the beginning of its first trial of an accused war criminal. The International Criminal Tribunal is the world's first permanent court for prosecuting individuals accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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Blanket Immunity Bush Twists Arms to Evade Court [ICC]
For the past four years, the Bush Administration has systematically set out to exempt the United States from the purview of the International Criminal Court. Using bullying tactics, it has often gotten its way. But at a cost.
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Yemen Ratifies ICC
March 30, 2007 -- After years of targeted advocacy by civil society groups inside and outside of the country, the Parliament of Yemen ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC on March 23, paving the way for this Arab country to be the newest member of the Court.
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ICC Issues Summons for Darfur Suspects
February 27, 2007 -- In his announcement from The Hague today, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo requested a summons to appear for Ahmad Muhammad Harun, former Minister of State for the Interior of the Government of Sudan, and Ali Kushayb, a Janjaweed militia leader in Darfur. Both men have been accused of working together, and on behalf of the government of Sudan, in committing 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Darfur people.
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