As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, the War Crimes Research Office and the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of American University Washington College of Law reaffirm their commitment to end impunity for sexual violence in conflict and other situations of violence in Latin America. Professor Susana SáCouto, Director of the War Crimes […]
Rules of Procedure and Evidence for Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court Adopted
On May 29, 2018, Central African Republic’s National Assembly formally adopted the Rules of Procedure and Evidence for the Special Criminal Court (SCC), the final hurdle to formally operationalize the Court. The SCC is set to begin investigations in the second half of the year. The SCC was created on June 3, 2015, when former […]
ICC Appeals Chamber Acquits Bemba of Rape
On June 8, 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) decided, by majority, to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo of the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC Trial Chamber convicted Bemba in March 2016 of several crimes, including rape as a war crime and a crime against humanity, through command responsibility, […]
