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04 Sep

[Ezequiel Jimenez Martinez is an Adjunct Professor at the Pompeu Fabra Law Faculty, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Law Research and Policy. He is the author of Governing the International Criminal Court: the History and Practice of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (Brill, 2025). Sergey Vasiliev is a Professor of International Law at...

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04 Sep

[Ezequiel Jimenez Martinez is an Adjunct Professor at the Pompeu Fabra Law Faculty, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Law Research and Policy. He is the author of Governing the International Criminal Court: the History and Practice of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (Brill, 2025). Sergey Vasiliev is a Professor of International Law at...

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21 Aug

[Natia Navrouzov is a lawyer and the Executive Director of Yazda, a global Yazidi organisation that has documented ISIL’s crimes since 2014 and supports survivors of the Yazidi genocide through legal, psychosocial, and advocacy work] On 20 March 2026, the Paris Assize Court convicted Sabri Essid of genocide and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed against the Yazidi community in Iraq....

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20 Aug

[Aldo Zammit Borda is a Professor at The City Law School, City St George's, University of London. Stefan Mandelbaum is a Lecturer at Leicester Law School, University of Leicester. Andrea Maria Pelliconi is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law at the University of Southampton.] The ICJ’s 2012 judgment in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening) has been read from...

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19 Aug

[Efrén Ismael Sifontes Torres is an Ayudante de Segunda in international law courses, and the academic co-coordinator of the Observatory of International Humanitarian Law, for the University of Buenos Aires School of Law] On 24 July, the Venezuelan's interim authorities announced through their Minister of Foreign Affairs' X account, the “firm and unwavering” decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute and therefore, leave the International...

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18 Aug

[William A. Schabas is Professor of international law at Middlesex University London and Professor emeritus at Leiden University and the University of Galway] There are important lessons to be learned from the lengthy crisis leading to the 24 July 2026 decision of the Assembly of States Parties to remove Karim Khan as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. This article concerns two issues, the...

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17 Aug

[Amin Motamedi is an Arbitrator at the Iranian Chamber of Commerce (ACIC), a university lecturer, and holds a PhD in international law] Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly been employed in a wide range of professional contexts, including legal analysis and dispute resolution. Practitioners have relied on AI tools to address legal questions, conduct analytical assessments, and, in certain instances, assist in...

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03 Jul

For two years, selective leaks of information have led to a deluge of breathless media reports about the serious misconduct the Prosecutor allegedly committed against a member of his staff. I won't repeat those allegations here -- you can find them for yourself -- but they have always focused on nonconsensual sexual conduct, including sexual assault and rape. The Bureau...

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