by Daniel Odaka | Dec 18, 2024
Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema before the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on 9 June 2023. (Photo credit: Jaco Marais /Gallo Images / Die Burger) Daily Maverick By Atilla Kisla and Owiso Owiso The case of Fulgence Kayishema, who is wanted by the...
by Daniel Odaka | Oct 22, 2024
By Dr Owiso Owiso Kenya is currently in the process of hearing the first case under its 2008 International Crimes Act, colloquially known as the Baby Pendo case. The case is potentially a landmark effort to ensure accountability for international crimes at the...
by Daniel Odaka | Jul 22, 2024
By Emily Cody On 17 July 2024, the world commemorated the 26th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Despite the establishment of the ICC, justice remains elusive for victims of mass atrocity crimes across the...
by Daniel Odaka | May 27, 2024
April marked the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the deadliest genocide witnessed on the African continent, where over the span of just 100 days, about 800,000 people, primarily Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, were brutally murdered. In a significant...
by Daniel Odaka | May 23, 2024
Ten years after African leaders adopted a document in Equatorial Guinea that aimed to provide the continent with the most expansive and ambitious understanding and definition of international crimes, reflecting both the progressive development of international...
