The Nigerian government has called on the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for cooperation of member states and respect for the country’s sovereignty and constitutional framework. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), made the call at the 24th […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged troops not to be distracted by the move by International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes against soldiers in the battling the Boko Haram insurgency in the north east. Buratai made the call in a statement by the acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. […]
As we know, the International Criminal Court (ICC) was established 20 years ago as a global court, inspired by the Nuremberg trials of World War II war criminals, to hold people accountable for crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes of genocide and aggression. In addition to preventing impunity, promoting adherence and respect for the rule […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his attendance of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute to report his administration to the court over documented human right abuses, crime against humanity and killings in Nigeria under his watch. The party said the […]
The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Prof. Chile Eboe-Osuji, has dismissed the insinuation that the immunity clause in the Rome Statute of the ICC is targeted at African leaders. He said that such suggestion is not correct because the rule against impunity started in 1919 when some African counties had not even gained […]
The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has commended the Indigenous Correspondents Chapel (ICC) members for their critical approach in the dissemination of the activities, programmes and policies of government to the people in the state. The Commissioner gave the commendation yesterday during a courtesy visit and presentation of an award from state Indigenous Correspondents […]
South African Justice Minister Michael Masutha says the government has written to the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking clarity after the court said it would hold a public hearing next April to look into whether South Africa failed in its duty by refusing to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir last year. The court has called […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use her “good offices and position to investigate allegations of hate speech by the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, which has resulted in killing, violence and discrimination against Nigerians and other African citizens living in South Africa, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ekiti State, has urged the National Human Rights Commission and International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, to prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose for over an inciting broadcast that threatened the peace of the state, recently. Its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said the move became compelling in the face […]
Nigerians in diaspora, under the umbrella of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), have flayed the Lagos monarch, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, for his threat against the Igbo people resident in the nation’s major commercial city. The group, who took their protest to the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, Netherlands and Nigerian High Commission, in […]