International Criminal Court

Faith in multilateralism is at the heart of the mindset of the foreign policy establishment stalwarts who have returned to power in the last month.

The case against Israel is but a symptom of the politicization of yet another international institution serving to empower the culture of impunity in regimes where there is no means for justice.

Whether the ICC decides to investigate Venezuela could determine its future.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said the International Criminal Court "is an enemy to freedom and is morally bankrupt" while urging the Department of Justice to launch a probe months after the court launched an investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes.

"In any system in which the rule of law is respected, courts are never coerced. They may be criticized—even robustly. But never coerced," ICC President Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji told Newsweek in an interview.

Leaders of French Polynesia cited nearly 200 nuclear tests France carried out in the South Pacific, causing thousands to become ill from radioactive fallout. 

Human rights groups say at least 12,000 people have been killed since Duterte took office in 2016.

The court brings those who commit the worst atrocities to justice when their own countries will not.

The Trump administration had threatened to sanction the International Criminal Court if it investigates war crimes accusations against the U.S.

John Bolton will warn Monday that the U.S. "will use any means necessary" to keep Americans from facing trial in what the administration considers an "illegitimate court."

The strongman leader says he is "sick and tired" of being accused of crimes against humanity.

Jude Josue Sabio has accused Duterte of being the mastermind behind thousands of killings as mayor of Davao and as president.

The country is reconsidering its membership in the international court after the African Union unveiled a plan for a mass withdrawal.

South Africa and Burundi have indicated they will withdraw from the Hague-based International Criminal Court.

African 'domino effect' is symptomatic of tensions within the international justice system.

Gambia said the court's failure to charge Blair over the Iraq War is pro-Western bias.

South Africa intends to withdraw from the ICC, but doing so would put it in bad company.

South Africa said the ICC's demands hamper its obligations as a peacemaker in Africa.

Burundi is set to become the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi led the destruction of nine historic shrines and a 15th-century mosque.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is the first person to enter a guilty plea at the ICC.

The International Criminal Court gives Jean-Pierre Bemba 18 years for 2002-03 actions in Central African Republic.

The human rights lawyer will represent Yazidi victims of ISIS at the International Criminal Court.

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, wanted by the ICC on genocide charges, was permitted to attend Museveni's inauguration.

The ICC has launched a preliminary examination of the violence that has killed over 400 people.

Ruto was accused of crimes against humanity in connection with 2007 post-election violence in Kenya.

At least 300 people died in clashes between the Nigerian Army and the country's main Shiite movement.

The ex-vice president of DRC was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the ICC.

Cultural heritage destruction, like the Sufi mausoleums of Timbuktu, robs peoples of their identity.

Human rights lawyers allege that the Nigerian president has committed crimes against humanity against pro-Biafran activists.