ICC Denies Rules Against Gbagbo's Jurisdictional and Other Challenges

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
28
Issue: 
11
Abstract: 

 

                On August 15, 2012, the International Criminal Court denied a motion by Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's lawyers to its jurisdiction to try him for crimes against humanity. [1]
 
                Former ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo obtained approval from the ICC to investigate crimes committee in the Ivory Coast, during the violence that occurred after the 2010 elections.