Long bans for cricket cheats
GenevaLunch News International sports, cricket Doha, Qatar, (GenevaLunch)- The Anti-Corruption Tribunal of the International Cricket Council (ICC) handed out long bans to the three Pakistani players...
View ArticleCanadian will arbitrate Swiss-Libyan Qadaffi dispute
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Canadian Philippe Kirsch from Quebec, an international law expert and former judge on an International Criminal Court, reportedly has been named the...
View ArticleQaddafi regime toppling, but fighting rages on
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two of the sons of Muammar Qadaffi are under arrest as rebels take over the city of Tripoli, in Libya Monday 22 August. But the man who led the country for more...
View ArticleInt’l Criminal Court asks Interpol to issue Red Notice for Qaddafi trio
GenevaLunch News THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court in The Hague has asked Interpol to issue Red Notices for three Libyan leaders for whom arrest warrants were issued in June: Muammar...
View ArticleQaddafi sons contest arrest efforts, one via lawyer, the other on the lam
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saadi Qadaffi, who fled to Niger, is contesting Interpol’s arrest warrant for him, after earlier dismissing charges of misappropriating funds. His lawyer said...
View ArticleICC finds Congo war lord guilty
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICC (International Criminal Court) in The Hague has found Thomas Lubanga guilty of turning children into soldiers in the eastern Congo from 2002 to 2003. It...
View ArticleReport of Syrian “torture chambers” adds new dimension to the conflict
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A report issued Tuesday 3 July by Human Rights Watch (HRW) details 27 detention facilities run by Syrian intelligence agencies. Their presence and details about...
View ArticleICC sentences Lubanga to 14 years for enlisting child soldiers
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was sentenced by the International Criminal Court in The Hague Tuesday 10 July to 14 years in prison for his role in enlisting child...
View ArticleSwiss lead bid to turn Syrian abuses over to ICC
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s call 14 January to the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court in The Hague has received strong backing from 56 other...
View ArticleSwiss lead new call for UN to refer Syrian escalation to ICC
GenevaLunch News Latest UN investigators’ report shows atrocities are worsening, scale of Syrian disaster continues to grow GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Assigning accountability in Syria has become urgent,...
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