International Criminal Court: Russia urged to withdraw arrest warrants for judges

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday said it was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to issue arrest warrants against senior judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), following earlier warrants against its Prosecutor and Pre-trial Judges involved in examining potential war crimes in Ukraine.

Palestine urges ICC to start probe into war crimes in Gaza - Envoy to UN

United Nations/Sputnik: Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

International court rejects Saif Gaddafi call to drop arrest warrant

New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): A call by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi ­– son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and de facto Prime Minister of the country during the time of his father’s rule – for an international arrest warrant against him to be ruled inadmissible, was rejected by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday.

Adamant US threatens to sanction International Criminal Court

Washington, Sept 11 (IBNS): In a strongly worded statement, the US has said that it would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the latter proceeds with trials involving US soldiers.

ICC to open separate initial examinations of Philippines ‘war on drugs;’ Venezuela protests

New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Thursday that she will open preliminary examinations into the so-called “war on drugs” campaign launched by the Government of the Philippines and, separately analyze alleged crimes committed by Venezuela related to the demonstrations and ongoing political unrest there.