Cyprus to petition The Hague to safeguard offshore rights (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday Cyprus intended to seek legal recourse at International Court of Justice at The Hague against Turkey over violations of...
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Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a former Congolese military leader, on charges of atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers....
Shoot me, don’t jail me, Duterte tells Hague court prosecutor
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday told the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go ahead and investigate him for crimes against humanity, and said he would prefer...
UN tribunal seeks answers after stunned by courtroom suicide
A UN tribunal that was stunned by the courtroom suicide of a Bosnian Croat war criminal said on Thursday it was working with Dutch investigators to piece...
Dutch partly liable for victims of Srebrenica massacre (Update)
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday confirmed that the Netherlands was partly liable for the deaths of some 300 Muslim males who were expelled from...
Dutch politician Wilders will face trial on charges of inciting racial hatred
By Toby Sterling Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders can be tried on charges of inciting racial hatred, a court in The Hague ruled on Friday, setting...
Islamist rebel apologises for wrecking Timbuktu shrines in landmark trial (Updated)
A former Islamist rebel admitted wrecking holy shrines during Mali’s 2012 conflict and apologised at the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court...
Tribunal says China has no historic title over South China Sea (Updated)
An arbitration court ruled on Tuesday that China has no historic title over the waters of the South China Sea and has breached the Philippines’...
Hague prosecutor to appeal acquittal of Serbia’s Seselj
By Ivana Sekularac Prosecutors at the Yugoslavia crimes tribunal in The Hague said on Wednesday they would appeal last week’s acquittal of nationalist politician Vojislav...
UN tribunal acquits Serbian firebrand Seselj of war crimes (Video)
By Thomas Escritt UN judges acquitted Serbian nationalist firebrand Vojislav Seselj of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, a shock verdict that delivered...
Karadzic guilty of Bosnia genocide, jailed for 40 years (Update 2)
By Thomas Escritt and Toby Sterling Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in jail by UN judges who found him...
Major people trafficking ring smashed in Greece – Europol
By Anthony Deutsch Police raids across Greece last week smashed an international people trafficking ring that made $8 million in profit from smuggling Syrian migrants...
Diplomats behaving badly
By Ian Buruma Diplomats, normally discreet figures who rarely court publicity, have been in the news a lot lately, for all the wrong reasons. Two...
Returned icons given a new home
By Peter Stevenson THE Byzantine Museum next to the Archbishopric is now home to the four icons of Apostles Peter, Paul, John and Mark which...
Judges reinstate second genocide charge for Karadzic
By Thomas Escritt Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic must stand trial on two counts of genocide, appeals judges at a war crimes court in...
