"INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC"

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Ahmad Khan, told the Security Council that since the implementation of the renewed strategy for action on the situation in Libya in April of 2022, the ICC has “continued to accelerate” investigative activities and expects to complete them by the end of 2025. UNIFEED

Immediately following the ICC Libya Briefing in the Security Council: Statement by Switzerland and Japan, ICC Co-Focal Points in the UNSC on behalf of members of the Security Council, as well as incoming members, that are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, on Libya.

Report of the International Criminal Court and Report of the International Court of Justice

Report of the International Criminal Court and Report of the International Court of Justice

Siobhán Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, warned, “We continue to see impunity. And the consequence of that is a failure to ensure access to justice for victims to effective remedies, and in particular, continued failures of prevention of trafficking in persons in armed conflict.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, said, “denial of education to Afghan girls and employment to Afghan women is gender discrimination, which should count as a crime against humanity” to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). UNIFEED

At the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Piotr Hofmański, said, “In all our work, we seek to serve those who need justice the most – the victims.” UNIFEED

Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan told the Security Council that the world is “not on the precipice of a human catastrophe, but in the very midst of one” in Sudan. UNIFEED

The Council is scheduled to receive the biannual briefing of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, on the ICC's Libya-related activities.

Confirming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued 4 warrants related to the prosecution of crimes in Libya and submitted requests for two more, prosecutor Karim Khan told the Security Council, “Warrants are not an end in themselves, but they are an important step in the rights of victims and survivors that their lives matter to you.” UNIFEED