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Items by Muhammad Jamil
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The politicisation of the ICC
It was a difficult labour for the International Criminal Court (ICC), which came to life in July 1998. Following the First and Second World Wars, projects to establish a permanent criminal court to eliminate the state of widespread impunity were set up. However, some countries which feared the prosecution of…
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We will not allow what is left of our basic intrinsic values to be stolen
I am neither a football fan nor a follower of the sport. Rather, I am critical of the unimaginable extravagance that the game has spawned, not least the salaries of top players in the West, many of whom are paid hundreds of thousands every week. This is much, much more…
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Guaranteed impunity, Sisi has increased his violations
Inside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s prisons of death doctors, engineers, teachers, intellectuals, students, young men, and women are subjected to enforced disappearance and detention in conditions that do not meet the minimum standards of human life. Some have received death sentences issued by judges who have been bribed. At…
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The new ICC chief prosecutor must ensure the court’s integrity and impartiality
Ever since the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the enactment of the Rome Statute on 1 July 2002, Israel and its ally the United States have been making every effort to discredit it. From the onset, the two countries felt threatened and refused to endorse the statute.…