Ivory Coast ex-president Gbagbo appears before ICC

[JURIST] Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on Tuesday to determine whether the case against him will proceed to trial. Gbagbo's lawyers urged the court to rule that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, and that Gbagbo should be tried by the Ivory Coast authorities currently conducting their own investigation. Gbagbo has been accused of crimes against humanity [AP report] including murder, rape and persecution. Currently...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/02/ivory-coast-ex-president-gbagbo-appears-before-icc.php

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