International Criminal Justice
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Delayed Investigations in Côte d’Ivoire Undermine Confidence in the ICC
World Federalist Movement · August 2021
Years of one-sided prosecutions and a 2018 amnesty have eroded Ivorian victims’ trust in the Court, writes Ali Ouatarra, who calls on the ICC to finish its second investigation quickly and fund it fully.
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Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America: A Regional Approach
World Federalist Movement · July 2021
Criminal networks trafficking drugs, people and weapons push Latin America’s murder rate to triple the world average and cost the region about US $236 billion a year. National courts have failed to contain them, so the answer must be regional.
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Must Justice Sleep or Hibernate for the Victims of the Philippines’ ‘War on Drugs’?
World Federalist Movement · July 2021
Filipino civil society leaders fear the ICC probe could be shelved: only one of thousands of extrajudicial killings has ended in a conviction, and Duterte pulled the Philippines out of the Rome Statute.
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New Opinion Piece Series: The Cost of Hibernated Investigations
World Federalist Movement · July 2021
A review panel advised the International Criminal Court to suspend difficult investigations to cope with underfunding. Civil society groups say this would abandon victims, politicise the Court and may cost more, and argue the answer is more resources.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC President Walter Dorn appears before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Walter Dorn urges Canada to sign the treaty banning nuclear weapons, having joined the chemical and biological bans, and suggests the World Health Organization be given the OPCW’s any-time inspection powers.
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Carpe Diem
World Federalist Movement · March 2021
The World Federalist Movement highlights pandemic as catalyst for global governance reform. The article traces WFM/IGP’s role in creating the International Criminal Court.
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ICC Update
March 2021
Afghanistan, the Rohingya and Burundi are under ICC investigation, Dominic Ongwen stands convicted on 61 counts, and many suspects remain at large. Karim Khan, chosen after a contested vote, becomes Prosecutor in June 2021.
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The search for a new prosecutor for the International Criminal Court
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2020
Four little-known finalists, calls to widen the nominations, and a US executive order aimed at people who cooperate with ICC probes: the court picks its next prosecutor under pressure.
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ICC Update
June 2020
This update provides a comprehensive overview of ongoing proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC), detailing various cases and legal developments. It also reports on the ICC’s current investigative activities and the global status of Rome Statute ratification.
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U.S. attacks on ICC require a determined response
June 2020
Washington’s threat to sanction people who work with the International Criminal Court on cases involving Americans calls for a firm reply from the Court’s member states. Canada, which helped build the Court, has gone quiet and should speak up.
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TakeAction for March 2020: Canada and the ICC investigation in Afghanistan
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2020
Successive Canadian governments never opened a credible inquiry into detainee abuse in Afghanistan, so WFM–C asks readers to write ministers Sajjan and Lametti demanding cooperation with the ICC and a thorough domestic investigation.
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International Criminal Court Updates (February 2020)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2020
Canada has reportedly told the ICC that Palestine is not a recognized state and the court lacks jurisdiction, while Darfur’s case stays at the pre-trial stage because Al Bashir is not in custody.
