Tag: ICC

Criminal Negligence: Northern Peoples Group drags Buhari Tinubu to ICC

Aminu Imam

Aminu Imam A voluntary organisation that promotes peace and development in northern Nigeria, the Northern Peoples Group,, Northern Peoples Group says it intends to file a formal communication with the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague against former President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a press statement it issued on Sunday, the group disclosed that it plans to request the ICC to look into the atrocities perpetrated by the former President and his Service Chiefs against the Northern Nigerian peoples, pursuant to Article…

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International Court orders Russia to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine

Aminu Imam

By a vote of 13 to two, with Russia and China dissenting, the International Court of Justice, (ICJ), yesterday ruled that Russia “shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February”. The court’s ruling – the first such verdict handed down by the ‘world court’ since the Russian invasion began – is in response to a suit filed by Ukraine on 27 February, accusing Russia of manipulating the concept of genocide to justify its military aggression. Although the rulings of the ICJ are binding, it has no…

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Shi’ites drag FG, Army before ICC over alleged killing of its 50 members in Abuja

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The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ites, has threatened to drag the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army before the International Criminal Court, (ICC), for the alleged killing of 50 of its members in Abuja in 2018. The IMN, in a statement issued and signed by Abdullahi Musa on behalf of the Academic Forum of the Islamic movement, said they had compiled the details of the killings and had petitioned human rights organisations and also in the move to file the case at the ICC. “We would…

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ICC Prosecutor to probe abduction of school children in Northern States

Aminu Imam

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Karim A. Khan, has expressed its readiness to investigate kidnappings in northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of the federal and State authorities to end such. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), made this announcement yesterday. Recall that SERAP had in a petition in September urged Khan to push for the trial of those suspected to be responsible and complicit in the crimes. The rights group said the severe and lifelong harms that result from depriving children of the right…

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Just In: ICC to probe kidnapping of students in Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Karim A. Khan, is seeking the authorisation to investigate the abduction of students in Nigeria’s northern region, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of the federal and State authorities to end the abduction. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), made this announcement on Sunday. SERAP had, in a petition in September, urged Khan to push for the trial of those suspected to be responsible and complicit in the crimes. The rights group said the severe and lifelong harms that result from depriving…

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“Declare Zamfara, other students abduction a crime against humanity” – SERAP urges ICC

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has petitioned the International Criminal Court, (ICC), of the need to investigate the growing cases of abduction of students in several parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly the recent abduction in Zamfara State. SERAP also urged it to investigate the closure of schools, and the persistent failure of Nigerian authorities at both the Federal and State levels to end the abduction considered as crimes against humanity within the jurisdiction of the ICC. In the petition dated September 4, 2021, addressed to the Queen’s Counsel…

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Sudan’s ex-President to be handed over to ICC for prosecution for crimes against humanity

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The Republic of Sudan says it will hand longtime leader Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court, (ICC), along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conflict, its Foreign Minister, Mariam al-Mahdi said yesterday. The “cabinet decided to hand over wanted officials to the ICC,” Mahdi was quoted as saying by State media. Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for three decades before being deposed amidst popular protests in 2019, faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The United Nations (UN) says 300,000…

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Former Ugandan child soldier awaits ICC judgment on war crimes

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Judges at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) will on Thursday 4th February, 2021 give their verdict on whether or not a Ugandan former child soldier is liable of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Experts see it as a defining moment for the victims of a two-decade-long rebellion in northern Uganda until 2006, which made homeless over 1.9 million people and left tens of thousands of people dead. Uganda took the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel case to the ICC in December 2003, close to two years after the…

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ICC to investigate Nigerian security agencies over ‘crimes against humanity’

Aminu Imam

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, (ICC), has issued a preliminary determination to investigate Nigerian security forces over allegations of “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes”, the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported yesterday. This is coming on the heels of allegations of human right abuses against the country’s security forces in the north-east and other parts of Nigeria. The determination, issued yesterday, was silent on the specifics, such as the Lekki shooting, but declared the allegations “are also sufficiently grave to warrant investigation” by ICC. The Office of the…

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ICC selection panel ranks Nigeria’s nominee, Justice Ishaq Bello, low

Ishaku Yohanna

Justice Ishaq Usman Bello, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, may not be selected as judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Justice Bello, the only Nigerian nominated for election to the International Criminal Court (ICC) jury in 2020, may have fluffed the country’s chances after a poor performance in the assessment exercise. The ICC, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, prosecutes international crimes, crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and aggression by nationals of the 123-member countries. President Muhammadu Buhari had in June nominated JusticeBello for the contest.…

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