Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, asked for a full acquittal because he was “following orders” – but the man responsible for some 15,000 deaths during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
US marine Sergeant Frank Wuterich was on Tuesday spared a jail sentence for his role in a 2005 massacre of 24 civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha. The Staff Sergeant now faces only a demotion to the rank of private.
Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon (pictured) went on trial Tuesday for trying to prosecute atrocities under long-time dictator General Francisco Franco. The prosecution argues that the alleged crimes were covered by a 1977 amnesty.
The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed that four Kenyan officials, including two leading presidential candidates, will be tried for their roles in the bloody aftermath of the 2007 election.
The International Criminal Court is to rule on Monday on whether six top Kenyans should face trial for crimes against humanity for their roles in the December 2007 post-election violence, in which 1,100 people died.
France has said on Monday it would not arrest Florence Hartmann, the ex-spokeswoman to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia who has been convicted for disclosing confidential decisions during the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.
Saif al-Islam (pictured), the captured son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, can be tried in Libya as long as he gets a fair trial, International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday.
As International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo (pictured) met Libya's new leaders Tuesday for talks on the fate of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, officials said Saif al-Islam would not be delivered to the ICC but would face trial inside Libya.
Libya's National Transitional Council said Sunday that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam (pictured) will not be handed over to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity, but will instead face trial in Libya.
Abdullah Senussi, Libya's former intelligence chief, was arrested in the southern of the country on Sunday, the National Transitional Council announced. Senussi is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
