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22 Dec

...crime. Little has been done to acknowledge the Jewish roots in Palestine. The fact is that the Jewish presence in Palestine goes much farther back than most Palestinians, as well as Arabs and Muslims in general, would be willing to admit. Before 1948, Palestine was ruled by a series of empires. Before that Palestine was Judaea—a Jewish country. Jews have lived in Palestine continuously for more than 3,300 years. "Palestine" was the name given to the Jewish homeland in the second century by the Romans, in an attempt to break...
22.12.12 | |

26 Nov

notes, though, that the Palestinians are resisting Britain’s insistence that an upgraded Palestine not join the ICC and ICJ. And rightfully so: the demand is simply another permutation of the idea that the Palestinians should accept a state that does not actually enjoy the perquisites of statehood. (To be clear: I remain completely opposed, on political grounds, to the ICC investigating the situation in Gaza.) It is also hard to see how a promise not to join the ICC and ICJ could be enforced, should Palestinian leadership ever change hands....
26.11.12 | |

18 Jun

[Alexander Heinze is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign and International Criminal Law, Institute for Criminal Law and Justice, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. He is the author of the book “International Criminal Procedure and Disclosure” (Duncker & Humblot, 2014).] In less than a month’s time, the International Criminal Court (ICC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Distinguished speakers will be calling into mind that the ICC was first and foremost a Court for victims – and then they will be expressing their condemnation of the recent acquittal of Jean-Pierre Bemba from...
18.06.18 | |

14 Jan

...nationals of non-States Parties appears to engender resentment in the international community. To begin with, three permanent members of the UN Security Council are non-States Parties to the ICC (Russia, China and the U.S.), so there already exists the imbalance that these countries have the power to vote for or veto ICC referrals, yet crimes committed on their territories are not subject to ICC jurisdiction (and they have the power to veto referrals involving their own nationals). A further level of insulation of troops from non-States Parties as part of...
14.01.13 | |

02 Jul

I expect sloppy reporting from the traditional media, but not from the normally excellent FP Passport. So I was surprised to read the following in a post by Michael Wilkerson implying that the ICC has accomplished almost nothing: But with so much scorn and a suspect arrested for only one of its outstanding warrants — former Congo rebel commander Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo — the ICC needs help if it is to accomplish its mission of discouraging impunity…. To preserve the ICC’s relevance, the trial of Gombo will need to go...
02.07.09 | |

04 Apr

...Secretary General acts as the depositary. The Vienna formula states are obviously a subset of "all states". Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen threatened to put a hold on funding for any UN organ or agency that granted Palestine rights reserved for a state or that upgraded Palestine's observer status. Israel refused to transfer funds owed to Palestine too. I don't see any reason why Palestine should take on the additional burden of paying assessments as a full member of the ICC when an article 12(3) declaration should be sufficient for an acknowledged...
04.04.12 | |

11 Feb

that the Palestinan Authority is capable of accepting ICC jurisdiction since it is doubtful that it is a state or that it has sovereignty over Gaza, or both. Indeed, the status of Palestine is one of the main subjects of dispute between Israel and the Palestinians, and it doesn’t seem obviously helpful for the ICC to decide this question at this point. And intervening will hardly calm fears about the ICC’s aggressive interpretation of its jurisdiction, especially over nationals of states that are not parties to the ICC. It is...
11.02.09 | |

15 Jun

she was acting anything but professionally in her dealings with Saif. That said, I was struck by the following paragraphs in a recent (and excellent) post on the Atlantic website by my Wronging Rights friends, Amanda Taub and Kate Cronin-Furman: The reason established governments wouldn’t do anything like this is that Taylor and her colleagues were in Libya on official ICC business and are therefore entitled to diplomatic immunity. Regardless of what the Libyans claim the ICC staff members did — and regardless even of whether they actually engaged in...
15.06.12 | |

08 Aug

..."suit" against Chavez in the ICC for quite some time now to meet domestic political concerns. Instead of being loud within the ICC, Colombia should attempt to go completely unnoticed. After all, our art. 17 discussion is not a discussion that Colombia wants to see discussed by real judges... These efforts are a huge mistake by the Colombian government for the exact same reason which you point out, Kevin. If they keep trying to retaliate against an old political enemy with the ICC as their weapon, they might just end...
08.08.10 | |

28 Apr

consensus developing in the U.S. on how to deal with the ICC, driven by principle but also simple politics. The chances of an ICC ratification in this or any future Senate is hard to imagine in the next few years. The chance of the ICC withering away is also zero. So there must be an accommodation of the ICC by the U.S. and an accommodation of the U.S. by the ICC. When they can work together, as in Darfur, they should do so. Grumbling by Bolton or by Human Rights...
28.04.08 | |

07 Dec

year in Kordofan, Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile state and South Sudan.” Internets, help us figure out what’s going on here. How can the ICC be investigating these events? To review: There are three paths to an ICC case. The first is a referral of a situation by an involved state. The second is Security Council authorization. The third is that the Office of the Prosecutor can initiate its own investigation, but only into alleged events either (1) occurring on the territory of a state that’s accepted the ICC’s jurisdiction, or...
07.12.11 | |

20 Jun

do their jobs -- represent unpopular clients. If the ICC accepts his "solution," the Court will never again be able to operate in a hostile country. As for LMO and the ICC's muted reaction, I couldn't agree wit you more. It's shameful. Jane Kevin, Things will have to change by the ICC after the release of Melinda. In my opinion, the double role of Melinda (employee of the ICC and appointed co-counsel of Saif) triggered this crisis. Do you really think that OPCD and OPCV can carry out theses two...
20.06.12 | |