Tag: International Criminal Court
How is everybody doing this weekend? Once again I wish the weekend would last a few days longer, so I could catch up with all the things I don’t get to do with my 10+ hours per day working schedule. I know I seem to be complaining all the time, but finally I am about to act on it too. In the meantime, check out the news that caught my attention this week. On world affairs: Nobel Peace Prize Fails to Pacify Interesting collection of social media responses to the news. I personally am among those who are disappointed that…
Happy Sunday! I hope you are all having a great weekend! Again, I was quite busy at work this past week,as the number of new posts show. I am going to have to work out a new schedule for blogging to be able to keep this thing going. Thanks for everyone for sticking around and a warm welcome to all my new followers! Most of the world affairs news are still on Syria. There were two major events this week, the G20 summit and the EU Foreign Ministers Council, but still only guesses on the possible interveniton. We will probably…
Countries must not waiver in pursuit of justice, says head of International Criminal Court Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice, marking the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court.
Happy Mother’s Day to my Mother, my Grandmas and of course all the moms out there! Welcome to my third Sunday Smack! I have to say I really do enjoy doing this for the third time this week. It sort of keeps me organized in terms of my professional reading “duties” all week. I only hope you can benefit from these collections too! The only real critique I got so far, is that I tend to be too long for one post, so l’ll try to keep it brief this time. If you have any more comments, keep them coming!…
NBC Acquires Drama Series ‘Crossing Lines’ For Summer Crossing Lines taps into the charter of the International Criminal Court to investigate serialized cross-border crimes and to hunt down global criminals. A TV show about the ICC? That should be interesting!
Speaking of justice, today is International Criminal Justice Day! International Criminal Justice Day was adopted on 1 June 2010 by the States Parties to the International Criminal Court at the Review Conference to the Rome Statute. International Criminal Justice Day is a day of celebration, reflection and action. CELEBRATE the achievements in the field of international criminal justice.REFLECT on the plight of the countless innocent civilians, millions of children, women and men who still continue to be the victims of unimaginable atrocities in different parts of the world.ACT! Declare your support for the international criminal justice system. Tell your friends…
Four ICC staff members detained in Libya; Immediate release requested The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirms that four of its staff members have been detained in Libya, since Thursday, 7 June. The ICC is communicating with the relevant authorities of Libya to ensure their release.
Mladic trial postponed over ‘errors’
find no enemy: Ratko Mladic goes on trial for genocide. lifeisliterallylimited: Bosnian Serb military leader faces 11 counts of war crimes at UN court over Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo. The trial of General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special UN court at The Hague in the Netherlands. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia made their opening statements against Mladic on Wednesday almost a year after his arrest in Serbia and subsequent deportation after years on the run. Mladic is accused…
