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• Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, Son of Libyan Dictator, Is Killed

  04-02-2026 00:24 via nytimes.com
  Mr. el-Qaddafi, 53, a politician and a son of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was killed after four men stormed his house, the lawyer said. No other details were released.
  
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• I.C.C. Judges Denounce Effect of Trump’s Sanctions

  10-01-2026 06:01 via nytimes.com
  President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.
  
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• Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out.

  30-12-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  It’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.
  
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• In Gaza and the West Bank, Human Rights Work Changes Course

  04-12-2025 11:05 via nytimes.com
  In Gaza and the West Bank, human rights work is starting to mean something new.
  
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• Netanyahu Says He Is Undaunted by Legal Woes at Home and Threats of Arrest by New York’s Mayor-Elect

  03-12-2025 23:26 via nytimes.com
  Netanyahu says he is undaunted by Mamdani arrest threats or domestic legal woes
  
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• Netanyahu Would Visit N.Y.C. Despite Mamdani’s Arrest Threat

  03-12-2025 22:26 via nytimes.com
  Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, has pledged to honor the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Mr. Netanyahu has been accused of crimes against humanity in connection with the war in Gaza. Despite this threat, the prime minister, who spoke at the DealBook conference via video from Israel, said he would visit the city.
  
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• Libya Detains Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity

  07-11-2025 00:11 via nytimes.com
  Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.
  
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• Libya Detains Former Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity

  05-11-2025 23:46 via nytimes.com
  Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.
  
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• What is IEEPA, the Law Trump Used to Levy Tariffs?

  05-11-2025 15:08 via nytimes.com
  The Supreme Court is set to consider the legality of tariffs the president has invoked emergency powers to place on many trading partners.
  
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• Why Trump’s Boat Killings Would Be Hard to Prosecute

  30-10-2025 18:12 via nytimes.com
  Even if critics who call President Trump’s boat attacks “murder” are right as a matter of law, it would not be easy to get the matter into a court.
  
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• Nebojsa Pavkovic, Yugoslav General Convicted of War Crimes, Dies at 79

  25-10-2025 01:59 via nytimes.com
  Found guilty in 2009, he had been serving a 22-year sentence but was released for health reasons at the request of the Serbian government.
  
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• How Would Putin, Who Faces an International Arrest Warrant, Get to Hungary to See Trump?

  17-10-2025 17:46 via nytimes.com
  Questions loom about whether the Russian president might be subject to arrest while traversing the airspace of International Criminal Court members.
  
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• Feared Sudanese Warlord Found Guilty at The Hague for Crimes in Darfur

  07-10-2025 21:46 via nytimes.com
  A former Janjaweed militia commander was the first person found guilty by the International Criminal Court for atrocities in Darfur two decades ago.
  
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• The U.S. Has Placed Palestinian Rights Under Assault

  01-10-2025 09:09 via nytimes.com
  Sanctions on small human rights groups are the latest Trump attack on global efforts to protect civil liberties.
  
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• Netanyahu Took a Circuitous Route to the U.N. Meeting

  26-09-2025 16:47 via nytimes.com
  The Israeli prime minister, who is subject to an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges, avoided France and Spain, which have sharply criticized the war in Gaza.
  
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• Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Leaving International Criminal Court

  23-09-2025 20:50 via nytimes.com
  The military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said the court had become a tool of neocolonial repression. All three governments have been accused of human rights violations.
  
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• Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, U.N. Inquiry Says

  16-09-2025 14:57 via nytimes.com
  In earlier reports, the commission found that Israel had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in its conflict with Hamas, but stopped short of calling it genocide. Israel denounced the accusation as “fake.”
  
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• Arab Ministers Meet on Response to Israeli Attack in Qatar

  15-09-2025 04:51 via nytimes.com
  Arab foreign ministers gathered on Sunday in the Qatari capital, Doha, to lay the groundwork for a summit there the next day.
  
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• Mamdani, if Elected Mayor, Pledges to Order N.Y.P.D. to Arrest Netanyahu

  12-09-2025 21:10 via nytimes.com
  Zohran Mamdani expanded on his vow to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it would show that New York “stands up for international law.” Experts said the move would be impractical and likely illegal.
  
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• International Criminal Court Criticizes New U.S. Sanctions Against It

  21-08-2025 19:41 via nytimes.com
  The Trump administration imposed new penalties on judges for the world’s highest criminal court in retaliation for its moves against Israeli leaders and the U.S. military.
  
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• Why Wars Don’t End Anymore

  14-08-2025 00:41 via nytimes.com
  In a pessimistic era, a temporary pause to fighting has become the most anyone is trying to achieve.
  
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• Por qué las guerras ya no terminan

  11-08-2025 11:03 via nytimes.com
  En una época pesimista, un alto al fuego temporal se ha convertido en lo máximo que se intenta conseguir.
  
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• Judge Bars Trump Administration From Punishing 2 Law Professors for I.C.C. Work

  31-07-2025 04:22 via nytimes.com
  A federal judge in New York permanently blocked the government from pursuing penalties against the professors over their assistance to the International Criminal Court.
  
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• Trump Order on International Criminal Court Likely Violates First Amendment, Judge Rules

  19-07-2025 06:33 via nytimes.com
  The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.
  
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• Looking Beyond OngwenWhat Next for Transitional Justice in Northern Uganda?

  13-07-2025 02:00
  ABSTRACTDominic Ongwen’s trial and judgment before the International Criminal Court (ICC) have elicited mixed reactions and views on the effectiveness of international criminal justice. This brief reflection goes beyond the Ongwen case to take a wider view of transitional justice mechanisms to note that justice still remains elusive for thousands of other victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), both within Uganda and beyond. It looks first at institutional reform within the ambi
  
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• Evidence Supports War Crimes Allegations in Darfur, I.C.C. Prosecutor Says

  11-07-2025 21:39 via nytimes.com
  The International Criminal Court has “reasonable grounds to believe” war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed, the court’s deputy prosecutor said.
  
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• The Law Is Not Enough to Stop War Crimes

  11-07-2025 07:00 via nytimes.com
  Prosecutions for atrocities are not always enough to stop hatred. Societies must also acknowledge what happened.
  
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• U.S. Imposes Sanctions on U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

  10-07-2025 21:22 via nytimes.com
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for calling for international investigations of Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.
  
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• I.C.C. Seeks Arrests of Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women

  08-07-2025 19:40 via nytimes.com
  The arrest warrants, for Afghanistan’s leader and its top justice official, say the restrictions on women and girls are evidence of crimes against humanity.
  
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• Time for Complementarity?An Evaluation of the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda

  04-07-2025 02:00
  AbstractThe establishment of the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court of Uganda was conceived under the Juba Peace Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation as a means of ensuring accountability for serious violations of international law that occurred in northern Uganda in the wake of conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces. Twelve years after the ICD’s establishment, Uganda has registered only one successful prosecutio
  
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• Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

  20-06-2025 20:32 via nytimes.com
  To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.
  
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• Trump Is Helping Human Rights Abusers. I’m Suing to Stop Him.

  07-06-2025 00:53 via nytimes.com
  A Trump executive order is undermining the International Criminal Court’s work to pursue justice for crimes against humanity.
  
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• State Dept. Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court Judges

  06-06-2025 00:36 via nytimes.com
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the four judges were responsible for investigations of the U.S. military and arrest warrants against top Israeli officials.
  
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• Prosecutor Accused of Sexual Misconduct Takes Leave From I.C.C.

  16-05-2025 18:22 via nytimes.com
  The International Criminal Court confirmed that its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, will step down pending the results of an investigation into allegations against him.
  
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• Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City

  12-05-2025 02:00 via nytimes.com
  Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who faces international court charges of crimes against humanity, remains very popular at home.
  
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• Trump, Netanyahu and Orban Continue to Ignore ICC and Test Its Boundaries

  08-04-2025 17:17 via nytimes.com
  
  The leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States have moved to neutralize the judiciary both at home and abroad.
  
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• Red Carpet for an Accused War Criminal: Why is the I.C.C. Under Fire?

  08-04-2025 13:46 via nytimes.com
  
  The leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States have moved to neutralize the judiciary both at home and abroad.
  
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• Leaders Flex Muscles Against International Criminal Court

  08-04-2025 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States have moved to neutralize the judiciary both at home and abroad.
  
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• Detained in The Hague, Duterte Pursues a Political Comeback at Home

  05-04-2025 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president who is facing charges of crimes against humanity, is running for mayor in a race analysts say he could win.
  
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• What Is the ICC? What to Know After Hungary’s Announcement

  03-04-2025 15:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Hungary said it would pull out of the International Criminal Court as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited the country.
  
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• Hungary Says It Will Exit ICC as Netanyahu Visits

  03-04-2025 11:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The announcement came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel arrived in the country for a visit despite facing an international arrest warrant.
  
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• Hungary Announces ICC Withdrawal as Netanyahu Visits

  03-04-2025 10:38 via nytimes.com
  
  The announcement came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel arrived in the country for a visit despite facing an international arrest warrant.
  
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• Netanyahu Arrives in Hungary, Finding a Rare Welcome in Europe

  03-04-2025 05:27 via nytimes.com
  
  The visit comes as the Israeli prime minister faces an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court.
  
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• Rubio Says Information on Abducted Ukrainian Children Will Be Preserved

  28-03-2025 09:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Lawmakers had feared that a database on children taken by Russia was deleted when funding was stopped as part of President Trump’s foreign aid cuts.
  
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• Duterte Is Enjoying the Due Process He Denied to His Thousands of Victims

  23-03-2025 06:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In Duterte’s Philippines, due process was not a right, it was a privilege that was not extended to the victims of his drug war.
  
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• How the High-Stakes Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte Unfolded

  20-03-2025 20:18 via nytimes.com
  
  The man who ordered the Philippines’ bloody war on drugs is now in a cell at The Hague. Getting him there was far from a sure thing.
  
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• Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia

  19-03-2025 04:44 via nytimes.com
  
  A Democratic lawmaker is drafting a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.
  
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• Duterte Makes First Appearance at International Criminal Court

  14-03-2025 22:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared by video at a pre-trial hearing on charges of crimes against humanity for the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in his antidrug campaign.
  
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• Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest

  14-03-2025 15:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Rights groups have said tens of thousands were killed in his antidrug campaign while he was the president of the Philippines.
  
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• The People Whose Children Were Killed in Duterte’s Drug War

  14-03-2025 13:20 via nytimes.com
  
  For many Filipinos, Rodrigo Duterte’s transfer to the International Criminal Court was a milestone in their quest for justice. But some were conflicted.
  
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