show everyone including the international criminal court. that this doesn't just involve criminal gangs. and. there's also a connection between the government and organized crime that's what he says staining these criminal activities as well as the disappearances killings torture and force displacements the president of. the world. what a joy it is to see you my son the only one of my we still don't know any more they tell us nothing but we'll keep trying. in a way where you know you just make a horse out of the dr where they go because we have really went to a meeting with the governor no said you i don't know i only know. what did they tell you when you went to say. what did they say at the meeting. that i know you. must look at him for they said that. it's always the same thing for so long there's no investigation no research being done now it's always the same always promises from the government yeah that's what we want is an investigation go there looking just get him how can we find them if they're not even looking for us when the it's

store look at what i want to do get emotional and show everyone including the international criminal court. that this doesn't just involve criminal gangs. and it will be there's also a connection between the government and organized crime that's what is the stain on these criminal activities as well as the disappearances killings torture and force displacements this president of course our. what a joy it is to see you my son no no we still don't know any more they tell us nothing but we'll keep trying. you know with thirty nine years later go to the doctor where they go the skill where do they went to a meeting with the governor you know say you know i don't know i only know your law what you think tell you when you went to thirty year old what did they say at the meeting here. that you know you. first look at him for you they said that. it's always the same thing with a lonely smile this is no investigation no research being done that was always the same always promises from the government yeah that's what we want is an investigation go there looking just get him how can we find them if t

to pay for just four convictions out of ten investigations so say critics of the international criminal court but it has truly global reach and acts as a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities so say its defenders the truth is somewhere in between the court was set up basically with so many goals at the same time not only rendering justice and meeting up punishments but also bringing truth bringing reconciliation bringing so many victims and i think it set out also to do many things at the same time well apparently you cannot do that they only had twenty africa has been a particular focus of the court's work with critics complaining of bias and even though cases have been referred to the i.c.c. by individual governments but africa has also highlighted some of the court's weaknesses no international police force means it relies on the cooperation of its one hundred twenty three member states over darfur for instance despite years of investigation and multiple indictments including of sudanese president omar al bashir not one arrest has yet been made if the past of th

and as the international criminal court marks twenty years its foundation we have a case for and against the i.c.c. . hello there for some of us insulin china and northern vietnam is going to be incredibly wet over the next three or four days we've got lots of cloud with us at the moment that's already given us heavy downpours over the last couple of days and now we've got another system that's working its way towards us this is tropical storm looks like it's going to cross high now and then eventually work its way into the northern parts of viet nam so this region has already seen to reach the heavy rain the grounds already sold in and now we're going to see plenty more wet weather and we are likely to hear reports of flooding here as we head through the next few days there's already been some flooding over parts of india the monsoons being particularly heavy in the north of our map there it looks like new delhi will see yet will rain over the next few days and that's not what we need because this is what it looks like there at the moment very high water levels that many of the roads ha

sharon has been held at the international criminal court to mark twenty is since its founding treaty was signed see was set up to provide justice for victims of the world's worst crimes treating genocide and crimes against humanity but sink counted many obstacles along the way. critics have called it an expensive display of western arrogance with more than a billion dollars spent on just four convictions so far all of them african some member nations have threatened to quit but supporters argue the international criminal court does what it set out to do provide justice to victims and a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities yes the community has closed it. it may not be perfect it is not perfect by any means but we credit get going and focus on what happened when there was none at all as the i.c.c. founding statute of rome turns twenty this week commemorative events at its smart new headquarters in the hague look to the future we must. resolve to create a world that's six justice crimes universally applied and. let the little started continue to guide us th

global commitment to the court russia is blocking efforts to send syria to the international criminal court even though yes. government really with putin's backing has deliberately targeted civilians as a way of waging this war china seems to be standing in the way ascending to court even though it ethnically cleansed seven hundred thousand muslims in the course of the month you know the united states is continuing to try to protect israel to protect saudi arabia so there is a very unprincipled approach to international justice all of that puts alleged war crimes in syria and gaza beyond its reach but the i.c.c. is tackling of the challenges you investigations in venezuela the philippines and afghanistan may build support and assuage suspicion across the african continent but the rise of nationalism and disdain for global institutions elsewhere allman assigns for the strengthening of international justice jona the hague. video has a measure of the moment a tourist court was hit by flying and. the visitors travel to say plunging into the ocean from the killer whale on but island. well at lea

the international criminal court is marking a major milestone that was set up twenty years ago to bring justice to. of atrocities like war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity but there are questions about how successful it's been john howell reports from the hague. a billion dollars is a lot of money to pay for just four convictions out of ten investigations so say critics of the international criminal court as it turns twenty this week but it has truly global reach and acts as a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities so say its defenders the truth is somewhere in between the court was set up basically with so many goals at the same time not only rendering justice and meeting up punishments but also bringing truth bringing reconciliation bringing so many victims and i think it set out also to do many things at the same time well apparently you cannot do that they only have twenty in africa has been a particular focus of the courts work with critics complaining of biased so even though cases have been referred to the i.c.c. by individual governments but

the international criminal court as marking a major milestone that was set up twenty years ago to bring justice to victims of atrocities like was genocide and crimes against humanity. there are questions that just how successful that's been trying to hold reports from the hague. a billion dollars is a lot of money to pay for just four convictions out of ten investigations so say critics of the international criminal court as it turns twenty this week but it has truly global reach and acts as a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities so say its defenders the truth is somewhere in between the court was set up basically with so many goals at the same time not only rendering justice and meeting up punishments but also bringing truth bringing reconciliation bringing so many victims and i think it set out also to do many things at the same time while apparently you cannot do that they only had twenty africa has been a particular focus of the court's work with critics complaining of bias and even though cases have been referred to the i.c.c. by individual governments

global commitment to the court russia is blocking efforts to send syria to the international criminal court even though yes. government really with putin's backing has deliberately targeted civilians as a way of waging this war china seems to be standing in the way ascending myanmar. court even though it ethnically cleansed seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims in the course of a month you know the united states is continuing to try to protect israel to protect saudi arabia so there is a very unprincipled approach to international justice all of that puts alleged war crimes in syria and gaza beyond its reach but the i.c.c. is tackling other challenges you investigations in venezuela the philippines and afghanistan may build support and assuage suspicion across the african continent but the rise of nationalism and disdain for global institutions elsewhere are all men assigns for the strengthening of international justice. because china joins me now from the hague in the netherlands and joined a packed day really for officials there what are we expecting in terms of ceremonies for the day.

not the international criminal court is celebrating twenty years since the signing of the treaty that led to its creation a ceremony has been taking place at the hague to mark the anniversary of the rome statute established the world's first permanent court for war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity now the i.c.c. has some notable successes but it still faces many obstacles one hundred twenty three countries are members but china the united states and russia are among the nations that haven't signed up since its founding the i.c.c. has issued a fourteen indictments and secured just four convictions and all of these were for suspects in african countries those found guilty three from the democratic republic of congo and malayan rebel leader some cases of collapsed when states refused to cooperate a referrals from the united nations security council are subject to states that aren't even members of the court or journal has more from the hague. a billion dollars is a lot of money to pay for just four convictions out of ten investigations so say critics of the international crimi

. >> does that mean putting those responsible to the international criminal court? how does one do that in a country like myanmar which is by all intents still a military-ruled nation? there is an important effort to accountability and universal jurisdiction prosecution, phr, physicians for human rights, we've been part of that work in yugoslavia, rwanda, all over the wor world. the circumstances are not easy and bangladesh is creating incredible resources to provide shelter, clothing, care for people who are there. despite the difficulty of 7,000 refugees, it's critical to not support repatriation before understanding what type of transparency has been established to show there is a safe path to return. >> i want to put up another picture that we have and this is of a woman's arm and it shows a gunshot wound, we're seeing it there on the screen and this woman you spoke to, she fled the violence, she had her baby in her arm, her young children by her side, she had seen other people raped, particularly women, obviously as she was fleeing and her two-year-old son was

peace through justice was the guiding principle behind the establishment of the international criminal court. its mandate was jurisdiction across national borders especially in wartime. the crimes that we are investigating and prosecuting the crimes that shock the conscience of humanity. and these are war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide and you cannot charge anybody with these very serious crimes without having the evidence that you need to prove the case. examining a crime scene immediately after the events is nearly impossible life and years passed before investigators arrived but the evolution of digital media is changing the truth seeking process. justice always try to use technology fingerprints and it was d.n.a. now we have cycle eighty madurese and all the social media is you tube this is just the reality we left we are faced with now as things are unfolding the technology is already there to capture eight. people crimean revolution was organized feel social media and almost completely documented online. in response to polls thousands and later millions of people are gathe

on how to file a complaint before the international criminal court. if you don't have a smiling gun like the border. right. like we've talked about before it's like building up. and alice's effects to show questions like oh this same form of commission will be is happening different locations so then we're going to build up this theory of who is at the top if we're working in a national crime city in usually there is a victim and a direct perpetrator under international criminal law or we're trying to find the most responsible so you have to think of who isn't at the top of the command structure or within a leadership structure that would be ordering or otherwise directing these crimes. the russia continues to deny its involvement in armed conflict in their own bus and use the term civil war a common practice of what the transportation through the russian ukrainian border of military equipment which was later described in there we see reports this equipment is out marking and license plates the ukrainian position on the border are regular a shelter fr

members of the court earlier loren taylor spoke of the former chief prosecutor at the international criminal court luis million or compote he says the court has come a long way in twenty years. when i took office in june two thousand and three there were many doubts about the entire project i was at harvard teaching in those days and from the me told me don't take the job you do nothing for nine years would be a shame. now you saw the reality i see city involved in different countries around the world and everyone is asking for it is see so it's a reality now. twenty years ago it was a dream now it's a reality that the issue is not just as it is in effect a reality because it's all they were having a building and an investigation is but if it's perceived not to actually get the results then that's not much help to people is it the courts look i see it like it is so fun ok great invention but it is no wife i thought for not working similarly good to see you in this program i was listening about syria conflict ok syria is no way if i insert in for i.c.c. i do seek and not intervene in syria because

international community will take this information act we have sent a report to the international criminal court we do have other information that we're making available to governments and others and right now u.n. security council member states should apply. unprecedented leverage against other member states on the council to ensure that there is an i.c.c. referral urgently. with the rebels and yemen's have attacked in all of refinery in the fall of the capital using a drone a target of a state run around covert finding in riyadh that all companies had it contained a small file which was used in what it court an operational incident the rebels say the drone attack monkfish soften a new stage and deterrent good question and yemen. still ahead on the protest to set a fire starting kaif and will keep flying despite the threat of as rain military price on and we'll explain how people have left african countries using twitter to enter one selections back home. i. mean the weather sponsored by katter. hello and welcome to international weather forecasts there's no real change in the weather across eu

plenty more ahead on the news hour including as the international criminal court marks its twentieth anniversary we speak to its chief prosecutor luis moreno ocampo. the political. refugees israeli soldiers tell displaced syrians to go back as they approach the occupied golan heights. and in sports tiger woods gears up for his first open championship in three years we're going to hear from the fourteen time major winner later in the program. to nicaraguan our forces loyal to the president have regained control of an opposition stronghold in the city of must say a police and armed pro-government civilians began advancing into more nimble before dawn on tuesday by afternoon they gain control of the neighborhood that's become the center of resistance to president daniel ortega has government rights groups have reported gunfire as they say two people have died in the violence but on a sunday shows has more from managua. well since the early hours of tuesday the city of messiah was under siege by paramilitary forces who closed the entrance to the city which is south east of the capital mo

the international criminal court is celebrating twenty years since the signing of the treaty that led to its creation and ceremony has been taking place at the hague in the netherlands to mark the anniversary the rome statute established the world's first permanent court for war crimes genocide and hue crimes against humanity the i.c.c. has had some notable successes but it's also faces many obstacles one hundred twenty three countries are members but china the united states and russia are being the nations that haven't signed up since its founding the i.c.c. has issued fourteen indictments and secured just four convictions but all of these were for suspects in african countries those found guilty include three from the democratic republic of congo and malaya and rebel leader some cases have collapsed when states refuse to cooperate and referrals from the un security council are subject to states that aren't even members of the court well earlier we spoke. to the president of the i.c.c. he says the court isn't perfect but it still made a significant contribution. of course like every

give his first full length interviews after having his convictions quashed the international criminal court in the hague decided he did not bear legal responsibility for the actions of his militia once red cross the international border into the central african republic he'd send them there to help watch a coup the unleashed a reign of terror and looting the killing of the billions and the mass rape of hundreds of women i asked him though did he feel any moral responsibility for what his militia did and what his plans were politically when he went back to the democratic republic of congo next week. of course have a little sympathy for him or whatever bit him it isn't. to say that i'm going back to going to central africa and as a convert he says you know i'm a senator in congo and the former vice president will as the chairman of my political party in the next candidate for my political party i'm going to take part of the. political. we have it on the children we ever saw more than six million refugees or around the country surrounded the sea so we should find the best way to bring them bac

constitute genocide against the hinge community a new report is calling on the international criminal court to arrest twenty two officials in myanmar for making extensive and systematic preparations ahead of the military crackdown on the hunger and twenty seventeen donald trump says he holds russian president vladimir putin personally responsible for moscow's meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election a fallacious shift in language from the us president has been criticized for failing to confront putin at their summit and finland. a south korean court has ordered two hundred million dollars in compensation be paid to the families of victims of the two thousand and fourteen seawall ferry disaster more than three hundred people mostly schoolchildren drowned when the overloaded vessel capsized a group of victims' families followed a lawsuit against the government and ferry operator saying they were liable for the . disaster the court. ordered each family be paid about two hundred and ten thousand dollars now members of the tophet fourteen trapped in a cave for more than two weeks hav

crimes and crimes against humanity by the international criminal court in the hague has now been overturned and mr bevan back cannot feel criminally responsible. for the crimes committed by. operation. the former rebel leader and vice president of the democratic republic of congo has spent nearly a decade behind bars. he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison up to sending his militia to the central african republic to help put down a coup attempt. they conducted a reign of terror a rampage of looting and killing of civilians followed including the mass rape of hundreds of with. but a majority of the judges ruled on his appeal he could not be held responsible for the actions of his fighters his lawyers argued successfully the fighters were no longer under his command after they crossed the international border his militia known as the movement for the liberation of congo has now been transformed into a political party opposing the rule of president joseph kabila he has called an election which is due to take place in december i'm david chaytor in belgium the country that was the former c

prosecute the world's worst atrocities we look at the legacy and future of the international criminal court. could have you with us welcome to the news are hundreds of displaced syrians are walking along the border fence that separates their country from the israeli occupied golan heights. the israeli soldiers can be heard telling them to go back some have reportedly done that but others are continuing on many of them holding white flags let's get more on this from stephanie decker our correspondent who is live for us in west jerusalem steph do we know who this group of syrians are and why they'd be approaching a border fence with israel. well they are internally displaced from the southern areas because of an active campaign by the syrian government backed by the russians to take back the areas of. back from the rebels so we know the u.n. estimates around one hundred sixty thousand people have been displaced so this group of people specifically who they are we don't know so hell but certainly they are desperate people the camps have been set up but the borders remain closed israel's border

them african some member nations have threatened to quit but supporters argue the international criminal court does what it set out to do provide justice to victims and a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities yes the community has closed it. it may not be perfect it is not perfect by any means but we get going. what happened when there was none at all as the i.c.c. founding statute of rome turns twenty this week commemorative event sent its smart new headquarters in the hague look to the future we must. resolve to create a world that's six justice trusted to crimes universally applied and blindly. let the other started continue to guide us through what's that better future for all the i.c.c. was founded as a permanent court of last resort from which no leader rebel group or army could hide now despite grumblings among some of its members severe budgetary constraints and the difficulty of arresting indictees without an international police force at its disposal the permanence of this court isn't in doubt but there are significant gaps in its reach and in global commi

now twenty years ago the international criminal court was set up to bring justice to victims of some of the world's worst atrocities and they include war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity but political divisions on the un security council and the use a veto can overshadow the pursuit of justice for the i.c.c. and it has more from new york. the united nations security council has a great deal of responsibility the people that sit in this room are charged with maintaining peace and security across the world one of the powers the council has is to refer cases to the international criminal court human rights activists say it's an important piece of legislation in essence that means that perpetrators of atrocities can be brought to justice when they otherwise might not in the twenty years since the i.c.c. was formed only two cases have been referred from this chamber in two thousand and five it was the darfur conflict six years later it was war crimes in libya but the security council's been accused of double standards critics say nations like china russia and the us use their v

responsible zain bus ravi old a zero to her on a ceremony has been held at the international criminal court twenty years since its founding treaty was signed they only see sense not to provide justice for the victims of the world's worst corning's genocide and crimes against humanity john holl is at the hague. critics have called it an expensive display of western arrogance with more than a billion dollars spent on just four convictions so far all of them african some member nations have threatened to quit but supporters argue the international criminal court does what it set out to do provide justice to victims and a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities yes the community has closed it. it may not be perfect it is not perfect by any means but we get going. focus on what happened when there was none at all as the i.c.c. founding statute of rome turns twenty this week commemorative events at its smart new headquarters in the hague look to the future we must. resolve to create a world that's six justice crimes universally applied and blindly. let the world started

a ceremony has been held at the international criminal court to mark twenty is since its founding treaty was signed the i.c.c. it was set up to provide justice for victims of the world's worst crimes including genocide and crimes against humanity but it encountered many obstacles along the way don't know how has this report from the hague. critics have called it an expensive display of western arrogance with more than a billion dollars spent on just four convictions so far all of them african some member nations have threatened to quit but supporters argue the international criminal court does what it set out to do provide justice to victims and a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities yes the unity gap has closed it. it may not be perfect it is not perfect by any means but we get going. focus on what happened when there was none at all as the i.c.c. founding statute of rome turns twenty this week commemorative event scented smart new headquarters in the hague look to the future we must. resolve to create a world that's six justice trusted to crimes universally

constitute genocide against the running a community a new report is calling on the international criminal court to arrest twenty two officials in myanmar for making extensive and systematic preparations ahead of the military crackdown on the writing in twenty seventy. and journalists in eritrea say troops are withdrawing from the border with ethiopia the gesture of reconciliation coincides with the expected arrival of ethiopia's ambassador to every trade for the first time in decades the appointment of another one saying the follows the reopening of the eritrean embassy in it is out of a few days ago relations are being restored after the leaders of both countries agreed to a peace deal following wool over the disputed border twenty years ago. and members of the time football team trapped in a case of more than two weeks have attended a buddhist ceremony to rid themselves of misfortune. and he feels the boys on the coach were released from hospital on wednesday the week after that dramatic rescue in northern thailand those were the headlines i'm back with the al jazeera news hour in thirty minu

geopolitics have prevented the international criminal court from taking action bashar al assad is protected by his alliance with russian president vladimir putin. but i'll bet he and his team have found a willing partner in berlin germany is the only country to consider pressing charges under the principle of universal jurisdiction enabling any country to prosecute war crimes no matter where they've been perpetrated. damage what they can with this germany's chief prosecutors have made a huge step ahead of other nations other countries should see this as an example of what action they could take because this task cannot rest solely on the shoulders of the german judiciary on its really will be. proof to european and to them save justice as principle it's not under control forty. that is very important and does a lot to the case represents a strong signal from germany's judiciary to president assad suspected war criminals and torture is will be prosecuted. tens of thousands of people go missing every year in mexico corrupt police and politicians are often behind the disappearances and obvious

next year's polls members eighteen year sentence for crimes against humanity the international criminal court was recently overturned by appeal judges catherine soy has this report. supporters of john pierre bemba have little doubt who they want as their presidential candidate his martyrs harm them by is in belgium after his trial of the international criminal court in the netherlands for crimes against humanity who was found guilty in two thousand and sixteen for failing to prevent rebels from his congo liberation movement from raping and killing in neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two and three appeal court judges recently of a time his i.c.c. conviction and eighteen the prison sentence. there are no congress in kinshasa members of this former rebel group now or political party say the hague trial was politically motivated. and they are confident they'll be back to take his place in politics. and then. we held our last congress in twenty eleven in the absence of barry but because he was in jail at the hague the difference today is that denver has been following up. s

investigator resigned because even in the seventh year of the investigation there is still no criminal court for syria on behalf of the international community she has documented the most serious human rights violations to no avail. i resign to put an end to my frustration as a former prosecutor after more than five years active in the commission. we call not up again from the international community and from the security council it is a little shock putting in place a trade beyond the dark for the book or the crimes of that that komi did in syria and we are in just seven year of the commission of crimes severe crimes against humanity including genocide and war crimes can be tried in the international criminal court in the hague one hundred twenty four countries have read. ignited it's all thora to but syria is not among them which is why the hague is not an option here the last resort would be for the security council to have the case referred to a special tribunal on syria. but so far but attempts have been vetoed by russia and china. carla del ponte is said she did not want to be an alibi