THE International Criminal Court has evidence that Muammar Gaddafi’s government planned to put down protests by killing civilians before the uprising in Libya broke out, the ICC’s prosecutor has said.

Appeal judges at The International Criminal Court in The Hague today overturned a ruling that Sudan's leader cannot be charged with genocide in Darfur.

The International Criminal Court’s historic first trial will begin today with a Congolese warlord facing six charges of recruiting and sending child soldiers to fight and die in bloody ethnic battles.

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor will today name suspects in war crimes and crimes against humanity in cases expected to include rape and murder in Darfur.