Security Council Syria referral is vetoed

The trial of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and broadcaster Joshua Sang opened at the ICC. It concerned alleged crimes against humanity during the 2007-08 post-election violence. The case...

A draft resolution asking the Security Council to defer the Kenya cases under article 16 did not receive the required votes. The episode exposed the Council’s political gatekeeping: a deferral can...

The Court convicted Katanga of crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the 2003 attack on Bogoro in Ituri, DRC. The judgment demonstrated that ICC cases could proceed to conviction while...

The Prosecutor reopened the preliminary examination into alleged crimes by British forces in Iraq after receiving additional information. The episode put complementarity to a demanding test: the Court...

The Appeals Chamber upheld the finding that Libya had not shown it was conducting a genuine domestic case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. The case became a prominent test of complementarity, state...

The African Union adopted a protocol to extend the African Court’s jurisdiction to international and transnational crimes. The protocol proposed a regional route shaped by African institutions, but...

The Prosecutor opened a second investigation into alleged crimes committed since 2012 after the Central African Republic referred the situation. It followed an earlier investigation and concerned...

The Prosecutor withdrew the charges against Kenyatta, citing insufficient evidence and difficulties obtaining relevant material from the Kenyan government. The withdrawal was not an acquittal after...

Judges found Libya had failed to comply with the request to surrender Gaddafi and referred the non-compliance to the UN Security Council. The decision shows the Court’s enforcement gap: it can...

Palestine lodged a declaration accepting ICC jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed in its territory since 13 June 2014. This step preceded its accession to the Rome Statute and showed how a...