International criminal court

From Syria to China, dictators are still getting away with murder | Jonathan Freedland

We can’t rely on the glacial pace of international law to provide justice, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland

26, Feb, 2021 @4:50 PM

Criticism builds over Biden's failure to lift Trump sanctions on ICC prosecutors

Trump targeted officials for launching war crimes investigations, as reports say Israel is lobbying to keep sanctions in place

Julian Borger in Washington

26, Feb, 2021 @2:52 PM

The Guardian view on the crimes of Assad’s regime: slow, uncertain justice | Editorial

Editorial: The conviction of an intelligence official in Germany marks the end of impunity – but will more senior figures be held accountable?

Editorial

25, Feb, 2021 @6:49 PM

British barrister Karim Khan elected ICC's new chief prosecutor

Khan, 50, won on second round of voting by 131 member states and replaces Fatou Bensouda, who was hit with US sanctions

Patrick Wintour

12, Feb, 2021 @11:38 PM

UK's ‘colonial' stance over Chagos Islands could derail court bid

Hopes of key international criminal court appointment threatened by the UK’s refusal to act on UN rulings

Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor

09, Feb, 2021 @5:39 PM

ICC rules it can investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine despite Israeli objections

Palestinian Authority welcomes ruling that could see prosecution of Israeli officials and military as well as Hamas figures

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

05, Feb, 2021 @9:59 PM

Ugandan ex-child soldier guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Landmark ICC judgment met with mixed reactions by former victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army

Jason Burke, Sofi Lundin in Gulu and Samuel Okiror in Kampala

04, Feb, 2021 @1:24 PM

ICC ready to rule on ex-child soldier accused of war crimes

Dominic Ongwen was abducted by Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army aged 10 before rising to high rank

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

03, Feb, 2021 @5:30 AM

Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest

Indigenous leaders and human rights groups accuse Brazilian president of crimes against humanity

Flávia Milhorance

23, Jan, 2021 @12:03 PM

ICC asks for more evidence on Uighur genocide claims

Court expected to rule there is still insufficient evidence against China, but file to be kept open

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

11, Dec, 2020 @9:34 AM

ICC abandons inquiry into alleged British war crimes in Iraq

Prosecutor says, however, there is ‘reasonable basis to believe’ atrocities may have been committed

Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent

09, Dec, 2020 @5:44 PM

International lawyers draft plan to criminalise ecosystem destruction

Plan to draw up legal definition of ‘ecocide’ attracts support from European countries and small island nations