The International Criminal Court judges issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In this Twitter Space, we discuss the warrants, war crimes in Ukraine, and why justice matters, everywhere.

To mark International Criminal Justice Day, HRW is joined by partners from Liberia, Syria, Palestine, and Nigeria to discuss accountability for serious crimes and how governments can strengthen the international justice system.

Landmark Case of ‘Janjaweed’ Militia Leader

Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should increase their support for the court in the face of increasing challenges to delivering justice. The court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted 20 years ago on July 17, 1998.

Supporters of international justice will mark the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on July 17, 2018. In this video, students from universities around the world discuss the court’s importance.

Students at the University of Nottingham School of Law discuss the importance of the International Criminal Court (ICC), marking the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the court. The ICC is the first permanent international criminal court set up to provide justice for the victims of the world’s worst crimes, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It has opened investigations in 10 countries since it began operations in 2003.

Armed groups in the Central African Republic have killed civilians with wholesale impunity, spurring more violence in the war-torn country. The Special Criminal Court (SCC), a new judicial body that, when operational, will investigate and prosecute grave human rights violations and war crimes in the country since 2003.

Activists from across Africa highlight the need for African governments to support the International Criminal Court in a video by 21 African and international nongovernmental organizations.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and United Nations peacekeepers should urgently take steps to arrest and transfer Sylvestre Mudacumura, military commander of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), to the International Criminal Court.