On April 11, 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) became a reality. This Court will have jurisdiction over the most serious crimes—genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and (eventually) aggression. While most U.S. allies...

International Criminal Court In the aftermath of the international war crimes trials before the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals in 1946, the international community began to direct its energies toward the establishment of a permanent international...

The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt)[1] was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction...

AT THE END OF THE BLOODIEST century in human history, the international community adopted a treaty creating the world's first independent and permanent International Criminal Court. That court is now a reality. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is able to investigate and prosecute those...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent international tribunal to try cases against people who commit serious violations of international law, including war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. The creation of the ICC resulted from numerous human...

A group of Sudanese lawyers spent the week in London for training that they hope to put to use on behalf of the thousands of victims of death squads and militiamen in Darfur.Under glittering chandeliers in one of London's swankiest hotels, nine human rights lawyers...

Ethiopian and Somali forces may have committed war crimes during four days of heavy artillery shelling against an Islamic insurgency in the Somali capital and foreign donors could be complicit, a European Union conflict expert said in an e-mail obtained by The Associated Press.The United...