Alice Banens

Legal advisor at @amnesty. Human Rights and International Justice in #Africa. Based in Dakar.

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

#RDC: 25 ans après la guerre de #Kisangani, notre rapport révèle qu'aucune personne n'a jamais été inquiétée devant la justice pour les crimes commis. https://t.co/ezHhBmfQpU

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

15 YEARS without any justice in northeast #Nigeria. No one has been investigated or prosecuted for crimes committed by Boko Haram or Nigerian military. Neither by Nigerian courts nor by ICC. #ASP24

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

#Nigeria addresses the ASP and affirms it is able and willing to investigate grave crimes. It is a lie. Organising dialogues between various authorities and making beautiful speeches does not equal investigating and prosecuting justice.

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

On the first day of #ASP24, both ICC Deputy Prosecutors gave presentations on OTP progress of the year. No mention of #Nigeria situation, where they continue to fail their Rome Statute obligations. https://t.co/3d8lUUdDIP

[Amnesty Centre for International Justice @AmnestyCIJ]

‘Sanctions must be opposed, not appeased’

@amnesty Key recommendations for the 24th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, 1-6 December 2025

Topics include: Opposing US sanctions and threats, (non-)Cooperation and withdrawals
https://t.co/nrRLFQt1Vf

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

You can find more information and the complaint @amnesty brought to the Court at: https://t.co/HZcbqvMayF

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

#Nigeria: 6 months later, the ICC finally responded to our complaint! The judges decided, by majority 2 judges against 1, that they had no power to make a finding on the Prosecutor’s obligations under the Rome Statute. See the very short decision here: https://t.co/5YbyZKMdwm

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

The #ICC decision is another setback in the journey for justice of thousands of people in northeast #Nigeria. 15 years of waiting. As the dissenting judge said, it is beyond time for the Prosecutor to act in conformity with its legal duty by asking the opening of an investigation

[Amnesty Eastern Africa @AmnestyEARO]

#RDC : Le 5 juin 2000, #Kisangani subissait 6 jours de bombardements par les forces ougandaises et rwandaises. Des civils tués, des femmes violées, des maisons détruites. En ce triste anniversaire, nous publions un rapport sur l’attente de justice. https://t.co/gHY5nOFwzA

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

25 years on, victims of the #Kisangani wars in #DRC are still awaiting justice and reparations. Read @amnesty new report here: https://t.co/1myPFXoueC

[The Coalition for an Effective African Court @CoalitionAfCHPR]

Happening Now! Day Two, Session 6: Enhancing Implementation of decisions through the African Court Implementation Framework: Opportunities, challenges & possible interventions
Chaired by @ChrisMuthuri @RWI_Nairobi
@court_afchpr
@AmbSalahHammad

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

In other decisions against Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania and Tunisia, the Court found that there was no violation or that the case was not admissible. All that is food for thought on @CoalitionAfCHPR's platform's first day

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

Want to know more about #AfricanCourt decisions of the year 2024? Let's have a look, among them: 19 judgements on merits, 6 cases found inadmissible, 2 orders granting provisional measures. https://t.co/h91uMq7kaN

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

Unfortunately the Court missed on the opportunity to say if the impossibility for a mother to give her name to her child violates the Maputo protocol. The case brought by a Beninese lawyer was considered moot because the law had changed by the time the judges came to examine it.

[Alice Banens @AliceBanens]

Update: Our submission to the #ICC about the situation in #Nigeria is assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber I. https://t.co/ij3iwTGdX6

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

#ICC Registrar @oszagi at #ASP23: “The number of suspects-at-large has grown significantly over the past years. There are 30 suspects at large for whom the ICC has issued arrest warrants. It is a troubling reality that some of these arrest warrants date back from 20+ years ago.”