In an unprecedented move, on 25 March 2011 the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the “ACtHPR”) ordered provisional measures against Libya in the case of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Read more... |
ICDL Annual Meeting – "Defence Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunals". Read more... |
On 18 May 2011, the African Court on Human and People’s Rights (“ACHPR”) received an application from Mr. Youssef Abadou brought against the Kingdom of Morocco Read more... |
On 2 June 2011, the Tanganyika Law Society (“Tanganyika”) and the Legal and Human Rights Centre (the “LHRC”) submitted an application to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“ACtHPR”). Read more... |
The French parliament has passed a bill to criminalise denial of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War.
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Arc’s project director, Gillian Higgins, is being assisted by Barrie Sander, Ben Joyes, Marie O’Leary and Andrew Smith. Read more... |
Last week, Laurent Gbagbo made history. He became the first former president to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC), following the issuance of a sealed indictment on 23 November 2011. Read more... |
‘The International Criminal Court is being used as an instrument to carry out regime change with a smoke screen of human rights protection’. This is an extract from the Russia Today article above about Western policy in Syria possibly igniting WWIII. Read more... |
ARC hopes to assist in developing a vibrant and meaningful practice before the Court for the benefit of all concerned.
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In a week where the UN Committee against Torture has called on Senegal to comply with its obligation to prosecute or extradite Chad’s exiled dictator, Hissène Habré (see here), in this post I take a look back at the first judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“ACHPR”), Yogogombaye v. Senegal, which concerned a petition filed by Michelot Yogogombaye calling for the dismissal of the charges pending in Senegal against Mr. Habré Read more... |
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