International Criminal Court Archive

  • Kennedy Graham

    Judicially Empowering the Africans: The New ICC Prosecutor - by Kennedy Graham



    Luis Moreno Ocampo, the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) had arguably the toughest single job in the world. Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Ocampo’s Deputy since 2004, has just won the right to succeed her boss. Bensouda, a former attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and head of the Prosecutions Division of the [...] read more
    December 5, 2011 2:22 pm - 2 Comments
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    What Has to be Done to Get Transparency? Afghanistan and the NZ SAS - by Kennedy Graham



    The latest reports of coalition forces in Afghanistan handing over detainees to Afghan authorities who then torture them have concentrated the mind here once more in New Zealand. In Britain, the High Court has upheld a ban on British forces transferring prisoners to the Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) because of the risk they [...] read more
    August 19, 2010 12:59 pm - 5 Comments
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    Criminalising Aggression… - by Kennedy Graham



    A major breakthrough has just occurred in the movement for peace and justice. It appears to have been totally overlooked in the NZ media, to date. At the review conference of the International Criminal Court that wrapped up in Kampala last weekend, agreement was reached to include aggression as a justiciable crime within the Court’s jurisdiction. read more
    June 17, 2010 5:08 pm - 29 Comments
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    Reparative justice and global trauma - by Kennedy Graham



    A courtroom can be a foreign place to victims. Its solemnity and protocol induces, or heightens, insecurity, and anxiety. This impacts on their testimony. To insecurity is added fear of retaliation, and shame, especially for women. That, too, increases trauma. read more
    June 2, 2010 5:17 pm - 1 Comment
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    Green MP off to ICC meeting (International Criminal Court – no Cricket) - by Kennedy Graham



    Next week I shall be in Kathmandu for a meeting on the International Criminal Court.  I am hoping that it will go some way to strengthening the rule of law over international crimes. I have been active this year in the House in seeking to strengthen the ICC.  My first member’s bill, introduced in August, [...] read more
    November 26, 2009 5:23 pm - 11 Comments