"INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS"

General Assembly adopts 4 humanitarian aid resolutions, as delegates brace for COVID-19’s broader impact amid threat of famine, economic hardship.

General Assembly adopts 4 humanitarian aid resolutions, as delegates brace for COVID-19’s broader impact amid threat of famine, economic hardship.

Press Statement on the International Criminal Court (ICC) read by Philippe Kridelka, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, in capacity as ICC Focal Point in the United Nations Security Council on behalf of the ten Members of the Security Council that are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Tunisia and the United Kingdom) as well as three incoming Members of the Security Council that are also States Parties to the Rome Statute (Ireland, Mexico and Norway) on International Criminal Court Sudan.

Justice within reach for Darfur’s victims, International Criminal Court Prosecutor tells Security Council.

Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) urged the Security Council to “impress upon Sudan the urgent need” for her investigators to “access its territory and in particular, to conduct investigative missions in Darfur without further delay.” UNIFEED

Despite new ceasefire in Libya, justice for atrocity crime victims thwarted by failure to arrest fugitives, International Criminal Court prosecutor warns Security Council.

Belgium, in its capacity as ICC Focal Point in the United Nations Security Council and on behalf of the ten Members of the Security Council that are States Parties to the Rome Statute, reads a press statement on the International Criminal Court (ICC).

ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda welcomed the recent signing of the ceasefire agreement by Libyan parties but stressed that “victims of atrocity crimes in Libya must be reassured that notwithstanding any ceasefire or future agreement, individuals alleged to be responsible for serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court will be promptly arrested and surrendered to the Court to face charges for their alleged crimes.” UNIFEED

Growing docket of International Court of Justice signals rising confidence in its legitimacy, say delegates, as General Assembly concludes debate.

General Assembly, adopting draft upholding International Criminal Court’s goal to end impunity, calls for cooperation in arresting fugitives.