U.N. List Targets Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

JOSEF FEDERMAN and JAMEY KEATEN / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2020 Over 100 companies are said to be complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in the occupied West Bank. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Official: Sudan to Hand Over Omar al-Bashir for Genocide Trial

SAMY MAGDY / The Associated Press Feb 11, 2020 For his role in the Darfur conflict, the county's former president also stands accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Says It Has Completed Gaza Strikes After Rocket Fire

FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS / The Associated Press Nov 15, 2019 Hamas cancels the weekly protests it organizes along the perimeter fence—apparently in an effort to preserve the calm. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why John Bolton Should Be Tried at International Criminal Court

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 12, 2018 Here are the crimes that I allege the national security adviser has committed, for which he by all rights should face justice at the Hague, at the hands of the same ICC judges that he recently threatened. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

International Court Overturns Ex-Congo Official’s War Crime Convictions

MIKE CORDER / The Associated Press Jun 8, 2018 The ruling does not mean the atrocities committed by his forces in Central African Republic did not take place, but that former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba cannot be held criminally responsible for them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chemical Weapons Team Kept From Alleged Attack Site in Syria

SARAH EL DEEB and NATALIYA VASILEYVA / The Associated PRess Apr 16, 2018 Inspectors' lack of access to Douma has left unanswered questions about the April 7 attack that prompted a military response by the U.S. and two allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Military, CIA Leaders May Be Investigated for War Crimes

By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Nov 20, 2017 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked for authorization to investigate U.S. practices in Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Revealed: The West’s Role in the Genocide at Srebrenica

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 5, 2015 A new investigation into declassified evidence shows that, in an attempt to secure a larger peace deal, British, American and French governments knowingly left the Muslim population of the Bosnian town vulnerable to a genocide that killed 8,000 men and boys in 1995. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Century of Women Working for Peace

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 30, 2015 One hundred years ago, more than 1,000 women gathered here in The Hague during World War I, demanding peace. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cutting Through the Hysteria Over Court’s Gaza War Probe

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 28, 2015 Here are the facts about the International Criminal Court’s examination of crimes committed in the 2014 fighting. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

U.N. Approves Palestine’s Bid to Join International Criminal Court

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 7, 2015 The United Nations has given Palestine the go-ahead to become the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court, effective April 1 of this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement or Pillage?

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Aug 15, 2014 Argentina has now taken the U.S. to The Hague for blocking the country’s 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt. Better yet would be a sustainable global monetary scheme that avoids the need for sovereign bankruptcy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )