ICC to extend its intervention

Phemmy Olaide, September 18, 2016, BUSINESS, 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to expand its scope from crimes committed during war, to cover the destruction of the environment and land-grabbing in peacetime.

It would be the first time such crimes are brought under the jurisdiction of an international court, and campaigners have called the move a historic one.

There’s been a growing trend of private investors secretly buying land in poor countries, with local people often forced out of their homes.

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