Human rights groups urge Nepal to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Amnesty International and the ICJ today urged the interim Government of Nepal to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. (more…)
Tag Archives | War crimes
Collective punishments, destruction of property and taking of hostages are war crimes under international law
The ICJ is extremely concerned by the destruction of infrastructure and collective punishments carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier last Sunday by Palestinian armed groups. (more…)
Attacks on Justice 2002: Sierra Leone
Judicial institutions in Sierra Leone are moribund or almost completely ineffective as a consequence of a devastating civil war dating from 1991. Judges are poorly resourced and often ill-trained. (more…)
Jurists back call for an International Criminal Court on Chechnya
Today, the ICJ joined other human rights organizations in calling for the immediate establishment of an international criminal tribunal on Chechnya. (more…)
ICJ strongly condemns Serbian war crimes in Kosovo
Today, the ICJ condemns in the strongest terms the blatant violations of international law committed by the Serbian leadership in relation to the massacre in Racak, Kosovo, on 15 January 1999. (more…)