Lawyers

• China to set up international maritime judicial center amid South China Sea disputes

  On Sunday, the Supreme People's Court of China said it will create an international maritime judicial center to protect its national sovereignty and maritime rights.

• ICC announces warrants against two Kenyans for corrupting witnesses

  The International Criminal Court on Thursday unsealed, or made public, arrest warrants against two Kenyan men on accusations of "corruptly influencing witnesses" in the east African nation.

• France presses at U.N. for Islamic State to face world court

  France said on Friday it would push the United Nations Security Council to refer the Islamic State militant group to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

• Philippines says to resume works in disputed South China Sea

  The Philippines said on Thursday it would resume repair and reconstruction works in the disputed South China Sea after halting activities last year over concerns about the effect on an arbitration complaint filed against China.

• U.N.'s highest court absolves Croatia, Serbia of genocide

  The United Nations' highest court ruled on Tuesday that neither Croatia nor Serbia had committed genocide against each other's populations during the wars that accompanied the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

• Uganda says LRA rebel to be handed to international court

  A senior Lord's Resistance Army commander who surrendered last week to the U.S. military in the Central African Republic (CAR) will be handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial, a Ugandan army spokesman said on Tuesday.

• China denounces Philippine 'pressure' over sea dispute arbitration

  China denounced the Philippines on Sunday for putting it under pressure with an international arbitration case over disputed waters, and refused again to participate a week ahead of a deadline to respond in the case.

• Stung by sanctions scandal, Cuba defends North Korea at U.N.

  Cuba, which was involved in a violation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea last year, has come to the aid of Pyongyang to defend it against a Western-led push to bring its alleged human rights abuses to The Hague, envoys said on Wednesday.

• Charles Taylor: Hague Judges Uphold Ex-Liberian President's Jail Sentence for War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity (Video)

  Judges in the Hague upheld the 50-year jail sentence of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for aiding murderous rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s. The 65-year-old Taylor had been found guilty by the Special Court for Sierra Leone on April 26, 2012 of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including terrorism, murder, rape and use of child soldiers.