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States must arrest International Criminal Court suspects, official says at UN

21 November 2007
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has created a working body of law since its inception and the onus is now on States Parties to enforce the court’s decisions, especially its arrest warrants, and bring in war crimes suspects so they can face trial, Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said today.
Judge Rosalyn Higgins

President of UN court says it has cleared backlog of cases

2 November 2007
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has essentially cleared its backlog of cases, the Court’s President has told the General Assembly.