Judicial Reform
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 07:35
MPs vote to withdraw country from jurisdiction of International Criminal Court, as president and deputy face charges.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 00:00
Guatemala prorrogo por dos anos la vigencia de la Comision Internacional contra la Impunidad, un ente avalado por la ONU para sanear el sistema judicial de este pais.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:11
INL has been committed to supporting justice in South Sudan since before its in-dependence. Working in close coordination with the donor community in South Sudan, INL’s focus is on effective community policing and building the capacity of the criminal justice system through support and training to judges, prosecutors, and corrections officials.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 07:24
The International Criminal Court's cases against Kenya's president and deputy will go ahead, the prosecutor said on Thursday in a statement released hours before the Kenyan parliament votes on withdrawing from the court's jurisdiction.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
Chile's judges issued a long-awaited apology on Wednesday to relatives of those who sought missing loved ones under the military regime of Dictator Augusto Pinochet only to have courts shrug them off.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:40
The Department of State welcomes the August 2 sentencing of three Somali pirates in the Federal District Court of Virginia for the February 2011 murder of four abducted American citizens Scott Adam, Jean Adam, Phyllis Macay, and Robert Riggle aboard the yacht QUEST off the coast of East Africa. These individuals will serve life sentences in prison, joining over 1,000 pirates operating in the region that have been brought to justice in 20 countries around the world in recent years.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:39
Kenya's parliament has been recalled for an emergency session on Thursday to debate ending membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:15
Parliament is later this week expected to hold a special sitting to deliberate a motion calling for Kenya’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute that establishes the International Criminal Court.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 06:21
An independent journalist and civil society activist in Kazakhstan has been released from a pretrial detention center, reported RFE/RL.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 12:23
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera English network says four of its journalists have been arrested by Egyptian authorities after they covered events in Cairo.