The International Court of Justice has fixed March 7, 2022 to begin hearing on allegations of genocide in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ICJ, which is an organ of the United Nations and sits in The Hague, Netherlands, is to investigate complaint lodged by Ukraine against Russia. In a statement; the ICJ said the hearings will…
Britain’s Karim Khan has been sworn-in as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, facing huge challenges, including investigations into the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan and the Philippines. Fifty-one years old Khan who is a former defence lawyer for the Hague-based tribunal, was elected by ICC member states to serve a nine-year tenure at the world’s only…