Congo on the Agenda for International Criminal Court's First Hearing

The first hearing of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, takes place this week and will look at whether a formal investigation should be made into war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports BBC News. The court was established in 2002 to ensure that "the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished" and to be "complementary to national criminal jurisdictions". Read report...