what does this tell us about the state of the international criminal court and its ability to operate globally instrument for international justice. thanks for having me well i think it depends on where you are and who you ask this is clearly a bad end of the week for the i.c.c. prosecutor and a very. good start to the weekend or more on bible and its supporters and how we look at the i.c.c. depends on depends on where we stand and so for supporters and learning about bill and his defense team this is this is the criminal justice system that the international criminal court working appropriately when working effectively for those people who have the expectation that the international criminal court is able to secure convictions of high profile alleged perpetrators this is obviously to be a failure so i think it really really depends on who you ask of course there are also some plots so to speak the i.c.c. gets pilloried very often for having it. biased against african states or and against african leaders it's very hard to sustain not just of argument when you have the equivalent of a

the lemo group of the countries has sent a request to the international criminal court to look at the humanitarian situation in venezuela that comes as the us vice president pledges an additional fifty six million dollars to support the opposition. iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif announces his resignation he made the statement on social media on monday the reason for the resignation remains unclear so far. and as donald trump prepares for his second meeting with north korean leader kim jong un we look at how the host nation vietnam is getting ready for the summit. by broadcasting live direct from our studios moscow this is our team international on sometimes really glad. that we start with the latest pictures from the simon boulevard bridge on the venezuelan colombian border clashes have erupted there between police and protesters after hundreds arrived to support a humanitarian aid convoy that failed to enter from a sweat. protesters also denounced president nicolas maduro you can see people rocks towards the officers there's also some gray smoke which might have been tear gas

what does this tell us about the state of the international criminal court and its ability to operate as the the instrument for international justice thanks for having me i think it depends on where you are and who you ask this is clearly about and that we are the i.c.c. prosecutor in a very good start to the weekend or later on bible and supporters and how we look at the i.c.c. depends on depends on where we stand so for supporters and learning viability defense team this is this is the criminal justice system of the international criminal court working appropriately everyone working effectively for those people who have the expectation that the international criminal court is able to secure convictions and high profile.

the lima group is asking for the international criminal court to make an assessment of the situation in venezuela as to whether or not international law was violated with the burning of the aid convoy whether or not venezuelan leaders are in violation of international law they are asking the international criminal court to make that assessment now this comes on the heels of a speech we just heard from mike pence the vice president of united states who addressed the lima group earlier and in his remarks he gave one hundred percent backing on behalf of donald trump and the u.s. government to juan guede oh the individual who calls himself the president of venezuela he calls himself the interim president after taking an oath and self proclaiming himself to be the venezuelan president furthermore mike pence made an appeal to venezuela's military saying it would offer amnesty to forces that switch sides and began supporting wedo and furthermore my friends offered a kind of a financial incentive for countries throughout the region to join with washington's efforts to topple the venezuelan g

criminal court. its mandate was jurisdiction across national borders especially in wartime. the crimes that we are investigating and prosecuting the crimes that shock the conscience of humanity and these are war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide and you cannot anybody with these very serious crimes without having the evidence that you need to prove the case. examining a crime scene immediately after the offense is nearly impossible. and years passed before investigators arrived but the evolution of digital media is changing the truth seeking process. justice always try to use technology fingerprints and it was jenny no we have. imaginary and all the social media is youtube this is just the reality we faced it now as things are unfolding the technology is already there to capture eight. crimean revolution was organized for your social media and almost completely documented online. in response to a post thousands and later millions of people gathered on the my don to call for ukraine to join

s son how to file a complaint before the international criminal court. if you go hey this is my thing gonna like help border. right. like we've talked about before it's like building up. this affects to show questions like oh this same form of commission is happening different locations so then we're going to build up this theory of who is at the top. if we're working in a national crime sitting usually there is a victim and a direct perpetrator under international criminal law or we're trying to find the most responsible so we have to think of who isn't at the top of the command structure or within a leadership structure that would be ordering or otherwise directing these crimes. the russia continues to deny its involvement in the armed conflict in their own bus and use the term civil war a common practice of what the transportation through the russian ukrainian border of military equipment which was later described in there was sued reports his equipment results marking and license plates the ukrainian position on the border are regular a shelter from

the international criminal court has released the former president of ivory coast who will now go to belgium laurent gbagbo has spent seven years in custody at the hague and was the first former head of state to go on trial up the i.c.c. he was challenged with crimes against humanity have to violence erupted following the disputed twenty ten election belgium's foreign minister has said there will be no limits tobacco's movement under his conditional release. now donald trump's due to deliver his second on delayed state of the union address in a few hours time the us president was forced to postpone the event last month because of the longest government shutdown in american history let's go live now to roslyn jordan who's on capitol hill in washington where as we have there a former republican strategist on just an hour ago saying this isn't to the lawmakers this is trying to be the president's thoughts straight into the american her what is it you think he's going to say. well it's our understanding that the president is going to talk about the need to invest in info infrastructure t

international criminal court ok let's take that point back to patrick and in london then. your report seems to link for example you've looked at certain configurations of weapons and you said that could only have come from this source because this is the only souls that support that configuration of the personnel carriers and i don't know gun targets right is that sort of evidence do you think going to make some kind of solid legal case. well i think this is a very interesting and and fast moving area looking at the legal liabilities both of states and companies announce transfers because as he said there are very strict rules. there is this the e.u. common position which links prohibits transfers if there's a high risk of them being used for human rights violations there is the arms trade treaty which was adopted in the end of twenty fourteen. the us is a signatory states have ratified and it's interesting only the united arab emirates is also a signatory one of the few in the region which is legally binding internationally and likewise connex prohibits the transfer of ar

now the former ivory coast president been released by the international criminal court by bo and his former right hand man good day were acquitted of crimes against humanity last month but it been kept in detention the judges ordered their release on the condition that they live in an as yet unspecified country pending an appeal by the prosecution but both found not guilty of initiating a wave of violence that followed disputed elections in the west african country in two thousand and ten was judges ordered their release jubilant supporters danced in chanted outside the court as a by both is innocent and i hope you will one day return to ivory coast. this. time prison. set. free. well jeffrey nice is a barrister who prosecuted the former president of serbia for war crimes he told us about the terms and conditions of possible release. one can reasonably expect that a country will be arsed to police something like permanent residence notification of change of residence i don't know they may be arsed to incur swearing or something like and actually it can be monitored but it was the con

this is the man who is wanted by the icc, the international criminal court, and this is a man who committed genocide and who committed war crimes. i believe omar al—bashir is — if you want to do anything, he has to step down and let the sudanese people decide. we will talk about what you in the opposition want to see done. just to continue with the protests that have been going on. isn't there political opposition, such as yours — you are a member of the splm—n, which is one of the opposition parties, part of the umbrella group sudan call. aren't you jumping on the momentum of the street? you are not leading these protests yourselves. you're being quite opportunistic. no, that is not true. we are organic to the mass movement. not only is there a professional consensus group. this protest is a culmination of a long struggle of the sudanese people. it is true it has been started by this group. they are part of the society. the political parties have been in the front line for years. they not members, necessarily, of the political parties, which are a real mishmash in sudan. a governme

criminal court he and his ally and former youth minister childs play good were acquitted last month that decision is being appealed by prosecutors they've been accused of crimes against humanity including initiating a wave of violence following disputed election twenty ten. the german supporters were dancing and chanting outside the courts they say by boat is innocent they hope he will one day even return to ivory coast's. ok thank you sharon because the fact that i was. looking at the time that i am a christian. the fact that we have free the thoughts of mt shasta now is the deputy director of the foundation which promotes the international criminal justice system he says barbro actually still faces jail time on other charges the acquittal itself may not have that significant of going to act what would have a very significant the fact is of course if your own bible returns to i recall those and in particular if you re enters the politico arena that it's quite likely but it's actually unclear it's quite likely that he would enter the political arena if he returned but it's unclear w

eighteen the organization of american states recommended with the international criminal court sacked its report said there were grounds to believe that your government had committed crimes against humanity didn't cause the crowds there including murder torture rape and other forms of sexual violence persecution and informed disappearances last february the chief prosecutor of the court opened a preliminary examination of the evidence fact the organization of american states cited that least eight thousand two hundred ninety eight cases of extrajudicial executions committed they said as part of a widespread or systematic attack against the civilian population targeting members of the opposition or those identified as such thousands of people it said have been persecuted and you seem to ignore them no i am not ignoring engines are realizing that you are making have very dangerous confusion when you actually speak about the organisation at large and you are talking about the executive secretary of that organisation it's a different thing there was sufficient consensus to have it referre

criminal court by both spent seven years in custody at the hague and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed election of two thousand and ten three thousand people died and more than five hundred thousand were displaced on the his conditional release will not be allowed to leave belgium pending an appeal and with al jazeera live from london more still ahead on the program the controversial new road in the occupied west bank that separates palestinian and israeli drivers and the cypress construction boom fueled by russian oligarchs attracted to a controversial golden visa scheme. hello again welcome back we're here cross queensland we're still looking at some very heavy rain over the next couple of days this area of low pressure this is the monsoonal trough and it has been here with us for the last four days causing rain across much of the region ticklish your forecast map here on sunday and for townsville you are one of those cities that has seen rain and the flooding has be

criminal court so that we get a new room. judgment at the end telling us just. isis started just how it committed these hideous crimes over a period of four or five years while you're in favor of prosecuting all these developing nations people living today they'll be as. they're all from europe the eight hundred from europe but fighting in the developing world yet fighting in the middle east for a barbaric would you say you know your macro should be tried in thousands of being injured they're using these. grenades the o.b.d. forty's on civilian populations. has been used nine thousand to three thousand injured as a t.n.t. against civilians why don't you want micro only european in the hague but i don't think he's given the order to injure anyone obviously under french or if any. sman injured is another demonstrator without due cause they should be prosecuted no i don't see a problem that it's not a persistent brutal crackdown on protests under article seven well if there was an order to shoot to kill or to even to be top demo

reaction as for my ivory coast president long by boat is released by the international criminal court. as the un special rapporteur continues her inquiry into jamal khashoggi death senior official says there's no hope his killer will be brought to justice. and the castle celebrates football history as the world cup host when the first major trophy. welcome to the program our top story this hour the u.s. has announced it suspending its involvement in a decade's old nuclear missile pact with russia the troubled ministration is accused moscow of violating the treaty and says it will end the equipment in six months unless russia complies with the terms of the deal kimberly how kate has our report now from washington. suspension of the historic treaty that has been a cornerstone of european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nu

criminal court the seventy three year old was found not guilty of crimes against humanity including initiating a wave of violence following disputed elections in two thousand and ten or acquitted of the crimes by his ally former youth minister charles blackwood a late sorry child they go to have remained in detention since last month judges ordered their release on the condition they live in and as yet unspecified country . when jubilant supporters danced and chanted outside the course they say by bo is innocent they hope he will one day even return to our very coast thank. god. thank you sharon because that was. ok because it cannot be christian because that was the fact that we have we have free. the thoughts of much person who is deputy director of the white yama foundation which promotes the international criminal justice system he tells us by both still faces jail time on other charges the acquittal itself may not have that significant of a man a fact what would have a very significant the fact is of course if your own bible returns to ivory coast and in particular if you re en

ok, so he is wanted an international criminal court over his dealings, his attacks in the four, allegedly. and there are those now in sudan, like the chairman of your group —— darfur. there are those who say the icc should freeze the case against bashir as a kind of exit deal for him. we have also had a very prominent sudanese businessman saying the same thing, that left the charges if it means that omar al—bashir goes from power. is that something you would support? well, before we go into all this, did bashir ever expressed that he wants to step down? did bashir ever say in what he is doing, he is killing more sudanese... but would you support the icc freezing or lifting its case against omar al—bashir as part of an exit deal? your chairman says yes. first of all, bashir is not ready to leave power, so i am not going into hypothetical issues. and to give bashir a deal when he is not ready, even to say, after 30 years, that he wa nts to even to say, after 30 years, that he wants to leave power, but he wants to stay in power. 30 years in june, it will be. but look, there are elect

international criminal court ok let's take that point back to patrick and in london then. your report seems to link for example you've looked at certain configurations of weapons and you said that could only have come from this source because this is the only souls that support that configuration of the personnel carriers and i don't know gun targets right is that sort of evidence do you think going to make some kind of solid legal case. well i think this is a very interesting and and fast moving area looking at the legal liabilities both of states and companies announce transfers because as he said there are very strict rules. there is this the e.u. common position which links prohibits transfers if there's a high risk of them being used for human rights violations there's the arms trade treaty which was adopted in the end of twenty fourteen. the us is a signatory states have ratified and it's interesting only the united arab emirates is also a signatory one of the few in the region which is legally binding internationally and likewise connex prohibits the transfer of arm

the international criminal court now israel is not a member of the i.c.c. but member countries arrest warrants can be issued by the i.c.c. the member countries must all or so for example should one of these commanders or snipers travel to european country for example they face the risk of arrest then a thank you very much that is ben smith with the latest live and west jerusalem thank you and a few moments we'll have the weather with rob but still ahead on the news hour we'll tell you why naked eye was opposition in exile skeptical about a dominant chord for national dialogue. running for their lives dozens of casualties after a high speed train crash in egypt and coming up in sports there's a big one for the bad boy of tennis the. next. hour now here is some pictures you should not see in february in whispering gore were more specifically. in kolkata it shouldn't rain in february can happily rain in june or july or august but this time of year you don't get to see that bangladesh maybe should be the same thing but you can have these pics in just the same p

now the former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been released by the international criminal court he and his ally the former youth minister. to work acquitted last month but that decision's been appealed by prosecutors they have been accused of crimes against humanity including initiating a wave of violence following disputed elections in two thousand and ten while jubilant supporters danced and chanted outside the call they say bank there is innocent and hope that will one day return to the ivory coast. that it was that there was five that they had their future because the time was a. time that the region that was said that we have been there for me it's been six months since the start of the latest a break in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization says more than four hundred sixty people are being killed is the worst outbreak in the country's history as priyanka gupta reports. the monday in task of scrapping shoes takes on a whole new meaning in the democratic republic of congo it's part of routine that keeps these health workers on the frontline of the w

the international criminal court has released the former president of ivory coast their own bag both spent seven years in custody at the hague and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed twenty ten election bag-o. will stay in belgium pending an appeal rival factions from central african republic have signed an initial deal to end six years of fighting an agreement between seance government and fourteen rebel groups was reached on sunday after two weeks of un led negotiations ensued on a more detailed agreement is due to be signed in ca us capital bangui on wednesday thousands have been killed and millions displaced in fighting between christian and muslim militias since twenty thirteen mohammad valve has more from khartoum the government of the central african republic and fourteen rebel leaders have signed a peace agreement that has been long in the making difficult negotiations for over a week here in the sudanese capital cost home the heads of state of sudan and the c

number of western hemisphere countries are sending an appeal to the international criminal court asking it to consider the humanitarian situation in venezuela the lima group consists of fourteen countries including peru argentina brazil chile colombia mexico all of them except mexico recognize the opposition leader who is venezuela's president let's cross live now to our correspondent in morpeth who's in new york for us take us through the latest please. well the lima group at this point is making an appeal to the international criminal court for an assessment regarding the situation in venezuela now this comes on the heels of a speech we just heard from mike pence the vice president of united states who addressed the lima group earlier and in his remarks he gave one hundred percent backing on behalf of donald trump and the u.s. government to juan guede oh the individual who calls himself the president of venezuela he calls himself the interim president after taking an oath and self proclaiming himself to be leaving as wayland president furthermore mike pence made an appeal to venezuela

of form ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been released by the international criminal court by his former right hand man shells be a good day were acquitted of crimes against humanity last month but had been kept in detention judges ordered their release on the condition that they're live in an as yet unspecified country pending an appeal by the prosecution by boat was found not guilty of initiating a wave of violence that followed disputed elections in the west african country in two thousand and ten well as judges ordered their release jubilant supporters danced and chanting outside the court they say is innocent and hope you will one day return to ivory coast. this. prison that. we have a free. well geoffrey nice is a barrister who worked in the international criminal tribunal for the for me the slavia in that the prosecution of former serbian president slobodan milosevic and joins us now from canterbury via skype thank you very much for speaking to us on the news hour so the judge has ordered by bo's release but it is on the condition that he lives in a country a so-called

criminal court. has spent seven years in custody at the hague and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed election of two thousand and ten. coming up next al jazeera wald looks at the powerful women of morocco's atlas mountains will have another headline update for you after that in about twenty five minutes time stay with us. this month's loses some from iraq. people here speak em as ian and i for asiatic language going back several thousand. the arabic language only came to north africa in the seventh and eighth centuries. the only grab your liver is the second largest american and has its. roots in one of the mountain villages here and sings in m a z is about the harshness of her life and bouts of many other women. and there are lots more women here than man. i wish a song is about women suffering in the region feeling imprisoned she says without food or water were no one can see them.

former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been released by the international criminal court backbone his former right hand man shells good day were acquitted of crimes against humanity last month but it been kept in detention judges ordered their release on the condition of their live in an as yet unspecified country pending an appeal by the prosecution by both found not guilty of an issue in a wave of violence that followed disputed elections in two thousand and ten six months on from the latest ebola virus outbreak in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization says four hundred sixty people have been killed now been seven hundred forty three confirmed cases overall since the virus returned last august making it the worst outbreak in the nation's history. casto is celebrating football history the world cup hosts have won their first major trophy beating favorites japan three one in the asian cup final but the match took place against an uneasy mix of politics and sport the tournament was held in the united arab emirates one of the four countries that has imposed

criminal court have been asking the secure the international the united nations security council to prosecute these crimes and with germany being currently nonpermanent member of the security council the united nations and taking the lead in april of interesting to see how germany will be reacting on this arrest on the international scene maximillian akashic thank you. and let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world the u.s. vice president of the israeli president and the u.s. secretary of state are taking part in the middle east security conference of more saw the talks are being co-hosted by the united states and poland but they're marked by high profile absences of a wrong china russia and the palestinians germany and france are present but have not sent their top diplomats. according to iranian media at least twenty members of the country's revolutionary guard have been killed in a suicide attack in southeastern iran the suicide bomber reportedly struck a bus carrying the elite troops on the road between the city. and cottage in the system baluchi

former president to run by been released by the international criminal court two weeks after being acquitted of crimes against humanity but both had been accused of inciting a wave of violence following disputed elections in twenty ten senior figures in turkey is rolling out party have met the un special rapporteur on executions who is looking into the murder of saadi journalist jamal khashoggi they say agnes shares their frustrations and fears that everyone's perspective of involvement won't be brought to justice the u.s. will send negotiators to china this month for another round of talks aimed at ending the trade war between the country's president donald trump says progress has been made during discussions with the chinese delegation in washington but that no deal would be finalized until he meets china's president xi jinping and u.s. senator cory booker of new jersey has become the latest democrat to enter the race for the party's twenty twenty presidential nomination the forty nine year old has been a vocal critic of president trump and joins a crowded field of democratic candidates wi

now the former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been released by the international criminal court he and his ally the former youth minister shahrzad blow goo to work acquitted last month but that decision's been appealed by prosecutors they have been accused of crimes against humanity including initiating a wave of violence following disputed elections in two thousand and ten while jubilant supporters danced and chanted outside the court they say bank there was innocent and hope that will one day return to the ivory coast. it was.

the former president of the ivory coast gone by but has been released by the international criminal court two weeks after being acquitted of crimes against humanity and six months on from the latest a bone a virus outbreak in the democratic republic of congo while health organization says four hundred sixty people have now been killed. well the stories we're covering the indian government has released its final budget ahead of this year's general election prime minister narendra modi is hoping to win the backing of urban and rural is promising more than ten billion dollars to support poor farmers and reduce taxes for the middle class but many say the government scheme doesn't go far enough i'm a champion has long. these farmers protesting outside the indian parliament want the government to help them they're demanding loan waivers and better prices for their produce the government has pledged almost eleven billion dollars to help them india's interim finance minister is optimistic the economy will improve they are poised to become my hero was to become a five trillion dollars economy in t

criminal court last week laurent gbagbo spent seven years in custody at the hague in the netherlands and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed twenty ten election by boat will stay in belgium pending an appeal you are right up to date with all the top stories so far here on al-jazeera up next it's inside story i will see you very soon about. the week began with the use of a ninety day truce in the to protect the u.s. china trade. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. the wells. being scientists warn at least a third of them will be gone by the end of the century even if climate change is stopped now how badly will bad disappear in billions of asians but if. this is the inside story. on the welcome to the program. the highest mountains in the world of a small.

criminal court and who if i only spoke with model democrats my we could be over by tuesday we must talk to everyone and we must be open about it was that it we shouldn't over emphasise human rights but we have to take them into consideration of us of course the e.u. wants more cooperation in fighting terrorism and crucially more help in dealing with migration but any hopes for example of sending refugees picked up at sea back to egypt are in vain but. the high would point out that egypt has already taken in a large number of refugees and we are looking after them despite the difficult economic situation in our country. german chancellor angela merkel later flew in for the first summit between the e.u. and the arab league. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. british prime minister theresa may has delayed a final part of entry vote on bret's it until just days before the u.k. is scheduled to leave the european union the vote was scheduled for next wednesday may will travel to brussels on tuesday to ask for amendments to the deal the other twent

dans president bashir who's wanted by the international criminal court and who if i only spoke with model democrats my we could be over by tuesday we must talk to everyone and we must be open about it and it was a bit we shouldn't overemphasize human rights but we have to take them into consideration of us of course the e.u. wants more cooperation in fighting terrorism and crucially more help in dealing with migration but any hopes for example of sending refugees picked up at sea back to egypt are in vain. hi i would point out that egypt has already taken in a large number of refugees and we're looking after them despite the difficult economic situation in our country. german chancellor angela merkel later flew in for the first summit between the e.u. and the arab league. did correspondent you're grad has is in sharm el sheikh covering events i asked him earlier what the key issues at the summit were i think really pressing issues also in terms of migration which is also a key issue here at the summit is really addressing the the civil wars that are taking place within that union of arab

criminal court have ordered the conditional release of laurent gbagbo former president of ivory coast he was cleared last month on charges of crimes against humanity the conditions involved residing in an i.c.c. member state ahead of a final prosecution appeal against his acquittal ordered and the world's biggest annual human migration is under way more than four hundred million chinese are on the move to bring in the year of the pig which begins on february fifth that means an estimated three billion trips by rail road and air as people head home to celebrate with their loved ones our reporter boarded the train from beijing to the tongue. it's the start of. a six one seven headed west the loo new year millions leaving beijing for the provinces. inside the trains are crowded not everyone has a reservation. just to get creative. secured a seat the twenty five year old engineering students going home to see his parents will be the first. spring festival for the chinese it's like christmas for westerners it is a holy day and everyone reunites with their families so it's really important

the international criminal court has released the former president of ivory coast laurent gbagbo spent seven years in custody at the hague and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed twenty ten election will stay in belgium pending an appeal. rival factions from the central african republic have signed that initial deal to end six years of fighting and agreement between ca us government and fourteen rebel groups was reached on sunday after two weeks of un led negotiations in sudan a more detailed agreement is due to be signed in the cia on capital bungie on wednesday thousands of been killed and millions displaced in fighting between christian and muslim militia since twenty thirteen five countries from africa's a hell region of the united nations for help in the fight against armed groups leaders of the kuna faso china mali mauritania and jeff made the plea for money and other aid other son is indicate of capital attacks by armed groups of surged in the region since chaos

the lima group of countries has sent a request to the international criminal court to look at the manager and situation in venezuela that comes as the u.s. vice president pledges an additional fifty six million dollars to support the opposition. iran's foreign minister mohammad. announces his resignation he made the statement on social media on monday the reason for the resignation remains unclear so far.