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ICC refuses all African submissions in respect of the Hashemite Republic of Jordan’s failure to cooperate with the ICC to arrest President Al Bashir before the Appeals Chamber International JusticeInternational Justice War CrimesSouth Africa

ICC refuses all African submissions in respect of the Hashemite Republic of Jordan’s failure to cooperate with the ICC to arrest President Al Bashir before the Appeals Chamber

On 29 April 2018, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) jointly with Professor Bonita Meyersfeld, filed an application for leave to make amicus curiae submissions in the case of The…
Staff Writer
28 May 2018
South Africa/Rwanda: Judicial review of decision by South Africa to grant refugee status to former Rwanda General accused of war crimes International JusticeInternational Justice Completed CasesInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Completed CasesSouth Africa

South Africa/Rwanda: Judicial review of decision by South Africa to grant refugee status to former Rwanda General accused of war crimes

This case concerns the judicial review of the decision of the South African authorities to grant refugee status to a former Rwandan general and suspected war criminal, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa,…
Staff Writer
17 January 2018
South African Constitutional Court to decide on “Freedom fighter” exception under the Terrorism Act: The State and another v Henry Okah International JusticeInternational Justice War Crimes

South African Constitutional Court to decide on “Freedom fighter” exception under the Terrorism Act: The State and another v Henry Okah

On the 28th November the Constitutional Court heard the Okah cases which deal with the issue of extra-territorial jurisdiction for terrorism and serious offences committed outside South Africa. On the…
Staff Writer
30 November 2017
Why Kenya’s terrorist attack might be the ICC’s saving grace ArticlesInternational JusticeInternational Justice ArticlesInternational Justice NewsInternational Justice War CrimesInternational Justice War Crimes Articles

Why Kenya’s terrorist attack might be the ICC’s saving grace

Business Day By Nicole Fritz SOME commentators, such as Michela Wrong writing in the Financial Times, have suggested that among the casualties in the Westgate attack in Nairobi is the…
Staff Writer
16 November 2017