Briefing Paper: ICC Confirmation of Charges Hearings on Kenya Situation

Case Watch: East Africa's Fledgling Court Feels its Way
Ben Batros
February 27, 2012
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The evolution of the case load of the East African Court of Justice also reminds us that those who seek to promote human rights through the legal process must sometimes look beyond traditional forums in order to seek justice.

Pretrial Detention and Corruption: Justice for Sale
Martin Schoenteich
December 14, 2011
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Corruption is never good. But corruption in pretrial detention is especially insidious.

On the Agenda in Algiers: African Children's Rights and Nationality
Laura Bingham
November 23, 2011
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The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) is less than a decade old, it but its first-ever ruling on a complaint affirmed principles that are crucial to eradicating statelessness and minimizing discrimination against vulnerable minorities.

UN Should Establish a Global Fund for Justice
James A. Goldston
November 14, 2011
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The ICC is likely here to stay. The same cannot be said for many other arms of the system of international justice, as governments aggressively push back against institutions and regional courts whose job is to deliver justice for victims of gross abuse.

Case Watch: An African Victory in the Struggle against Statelessness
Laura Bingham
October 4, 2011
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A decision by an African regional children's rights committee delivered on behalf of tens of thousands of children in Kenya who grow up without citizenship rights has set a new standard for tribunals both in Africa and around the world in the battle against statelessness.