Focus
ICC - International Criminal Court
Years active: 2005-2015
IWPR is at the forefront of media interventions in situations of human suffering and mass abuses around the world. It gives a voice to the vulnerable and delivers crucial analysis on conflict and impunity to both a local and global audience. As the leading news agency reporting on international justice and human rights, IWPR makes an important contribution to the value and effectiveness of local judicial mechanisms as well as international legal institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Child Sacrifice Scourge Alarms North
Forty children have died as a result of ritual killings this year alone – but no-one has been convicted for the crimes.
Prison Rape Victims Recount Ordeal
Women violated in failed prison breakout that sparks worldwide concern.
Lubanga Defence Warn New Charges Threaten Trial
They say sexual slavery charges and others urged by victims' lawyers would “gravely breach the fundamental rights of the accused and his rights of due process”.
Court Told Ex-Girl Soldiers Struggled to Reintegrate
Witness says many were stigmatised by their communities for being raped by militia commanders.
Twice Captive of the LRA
Former wife of rebel leader Joseph Kony talks of life with Africa’s most wanted man.
Corruption Exacerbates Food Crisis
Graft plaguing development programmes may be contributing to food shortage and malnutrition in north.
Farmers Battle Drought
Many returnees in northern Uganda struggle to rebuild their farms.
International Justice/ICC: May ‘09
IWPR trainee writes about his time as an intern in The Hague covering the International Criminal Court.