AU Countries Threaten To Leave ICC

As African governments threaten to leave the International Criminal Court, civil society and human rights groups push back.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk
South African President Jacob Zuma, center, laughs with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, left, as Congo's President Joseph Kabila, right, observes the proceedings at the inauguration of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in Kasarani, near Nairobi in Kenya Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Uhuru Kenyatta, 51, the son of Kenya's first president, was sworn in as Kenya's fourth president Tuesday in a stadium filled with tens of thousands of Kenyans and a dozen African leaders, becoming the second sitting African president to face charges at the International Criminal Court, over allegations he helped orchestrate the vicious tribe-on-tribe violence that marred Kenya's previous 2007 presidential election. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

A large coalition of African groups are pressuring African nations to uphold allegiance to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the midst of a pushback by countries who see the outside legal body as a threat. “We, the undersigned 163 African civil society organizations and international organizations with representatives in 36 African

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Can Iran Really Sue the United States Over 1953 Coup?

Declassified CIA documents showed the US played a role in overthrowing Iran democratically elected president. In response, Iran’s 290-seat house approved a debate over a bill to bring the US to the International Criminal Court.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
U.S. President Harry Truman, left, and Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, right, stand together on Oct. 23, 1951. The coup d'état that led to the democratically elected Mossadegh's ouster two years later was orchestrated by the U.S. CIA, declassified documents confirm. (Photo/Abbie Rowe via Wikimedia Commons)

Long suspected by the international community, the U.S. support for the coup was confirmed earlier this month when declassified CIA documents showed the U.S. played a role in overthrowing Mosaddeq. In response to this announcement, Iran’s 290-seat house approved urgent debate of the bill Tuesday in a session broadcast on state radio. One of

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A Controversial Court In Malaysia Is Attempting To Try Israel And The US For War Crimes

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal attempts to prosecute war crimes that the International Criminal Court in The Hague won’t.

Patrick Winn
By Patrick Winn

BANGKOK — When it debuted in 2002 to high praise, the International Criminal Court was seen by many as a dream realized. Dictators and war criminals, which left the 20th century so bloody, would finally fear a permanent tribunal with global reach. As the United Nations’ then-Secretary General Kofi Annan said following the court’s inauguration,

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