The ICC hands down its fourth ever judgment on 21 March 2016 in the case against Jean-Pierre Bemba. The Congolese politician and militia leader is charged with responsibility for grave crimes allegedly committed by a militia under his control in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002-3. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the much-anticipated verdict in the first ICC trial involving “command responsibility” and the alleged use of rape as weapon of war.

RWANDA: THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT DESPERATELY SEEKS TO TORPEDO THE APPLICATION OF MRS. VICTOIRE INGABIRE TO THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

Today, 23 March 2016, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") issued a decision confirming 70 charges brought by the Prosecutor against Dominic Ongwen and committed him to trial before a Trial Chamber.

Pre-Trial Chamber II is composed of Presiding Judge Cuno Tarfusser (Italy), Judge Chang-ho Chung (Republic of Korea) and Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France) who adopted a separate concurring opinion. The decision confirming the charges can be appealed only with the authorisation of Pre-Trial Chamber II. The ICC Presidency will assign the case to a Trial Chamber in due course.

En celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer, y en el marco de la campaña de la ONU Planeta 50-50 para el año 2030: Lograr la igualdad de género, hacemos una revisión del papel del sistema de justicia internacional establecido en el Estatuto de Roma a la hora de promover una cultura global permanente de igualdad de género.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi at the international criminal court last September. Photograph: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images

War crimes trial of Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, accused of destroying mausoleums in Timbuktu, will begin on Tuesday.

The international criminal court’s first war crimes trial for destruction of cultural monuments opens this week against a jihadi leader accused of demolishing ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu.

Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is accused of levelling medieval shrines, tombs of Sufi saints and a mosque dating back to the 15th century that formed part of the Unesco world heritage site in the northern Malian city.