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International Criminal Court

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack, center, and Erin Barclay attend a briefing on the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at the State Department in Washington, March 20, 2023.
Conflict & Justice
The US is helping the ICC investigate war crimes in Sudan, diplomat says
Black, gray, blue and yellow illustration of Russian war
Conflict & Justice
Holding Russia accountable for war crimes
Sad looking children at a cafeteria table
Finding Ukraine’s stolen children and bringing perpetrators to justice: lessons from Argentina
Photo of ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda wearing a blue, green and orange outfit
Human rights activists hope international court will help end Duterte’s deadly war on drugs in the Philippines
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, in this this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo.
Justice
Israel has a stake in Biden administration’s decision to lift ICC sanctions
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about a Trump administration executive order on the International Criminal Court as Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens during a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, June 11, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Trump escalates attacks on International Criminal Court over Afghanistan investigation
US President Donald Trump is shown standing at a podium with his arms outstretched and rows of US soldiers wearing fatigues standing behind him.
Military
Trump authorizes sanctions over ICC Afghanistan war crimes case
Trees in the Amazon on fire.
Are the Amazon fires a crime against humanity?
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Media
Crucial video evidence of war crimes is being deleted. How can it be saved?
National Security Adviser John Bolton is shown at a microphone with the US flag behind him, speaking at a forum in Washington, DC, 2018.
International court says it is undeterred after Bolton threatens US sanctions
ICC judges in the Hague
Conflict
International court probes possible war crimes in Afghanistan, including by the US
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Yahoo News in this handout picture provided by SANA on February 10, 2017, Syria.
Conflict
Lack of political will stands in the way of bringing Assad to court
Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Conflict
The future of the International Criminal Court is in question, and that’s bad news for women
United States commits ground soldiers to battle militia in Uganda
Gadhafi’s son accused of war crimes, mass killing in Libya
Michael Kirby, who helped lead the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, holds a copy of his report during a news conference at the United Nations in February 2014.
Justice
Kim Jong-un is one step closer to being charged with crimes against humanity
Michael Kirby, chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea holds a copy of his report during a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva February 17, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
A UN report details atrocities in North Korea that are painful to even imagine
Kenya's Deputy President Ruto sits in courtroom before trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. (Photo: REUTERS/Michael Kooren)
Conflict & Justice
The Trial of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto Starts With an Ominous Warning
VIDEO: Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years in prison
Global Politics
Slacktivism works to make the invisible visible
Arts, Culture & Media
Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa — in Comics Form
Global Politics
US Military Goes on the Hunt for Joseph Kony
Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes
Conflict & Justice
ICC Finds Congo Warlord Thomas Lubanga Guilty
Video about Ugandan Rebel Leader Joseph Kony Goes Viral
Conflict & Justice
Laurent Gbagbo Faces International Criminal Court
Global Politics
Activists Seek War Crimes Charges Against Mexican President
US Joins Fight Against Militia in Uganda
Global Politics
US Troops to Help Uganda in Fight Against Rebel Lords Resistence Army
Abuse Victims Accuse Pope of Crimes Against Humanity
Tripoli: People Want Change
Genocide charges expected for Sudan’s president
Conflict & Justice
African rebel group’s abuse of children
Global Politics
The Lord’s Resistance Army in Congo