History and My Story

A few of you mentioned this in class.  The trial is being run by the U.N. world court on behalf of Lebanon—so it’s a little different from what the world court normally does, but obviously still a very important function of a world court.

This CNN video provides some background info:

Edited to add: Also, on March 4th BBC reported:

The International Criminal Court in the Hague has announced that it has issued an arrest warrant against the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is the court’s first indictment of a serving head of state.