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16 Apr Bensouda on Palestinian Ratification of the Rome Statute
on to say that, now that the UN General Assembly had made its determination that Palestine is a state, “the ball is now in the court of Palestine”, “Palestine has to come back” and “we are waiting for them”. While she said, unsurprisingly, that any new application would have to be considered, there was no ambiguity or suspense as to the result of the requisite consideration. It was clear that, in her eyes, ICC membership for the State of Palestine was Palestine’s for the asking. There was even a hint...
01 Aug Symposium on Unbroken Bond: Tracing the Ties Between African and Palestinian Anti-Colonial Struggles – African Media Silence: Complicity in the Oppression of Sudan and Palestine
...on the silence of the ICC on the Sudan war. Media Reporting on the Israel-Palestine War For this conflict, I have chosen three major events which include: 7 October 2023 Hamas attack and Israel retaliation The South Africa ICJ case against Israel The ICC seeking arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leader 7 October 2023: Hamas Attack and Israel Retaliation Country News Reported Reporter Reported/Not Reported Kenya Citizen TV Reported KTN News Reported NTV Kenya Reported South Africa News24 Reported SABC News Reported Daily Maverick Not...
26 May Affective Justice Symposium: “Recontextualizing Justice through Affect, History, and Biopolitics”
a background of colonial and neocolonial violence, postcolonial critique, and enduring inequalities of international power. Clarke’s intervention is the culmination of years of qualitative multisited research that tracked the workings of the ICC through a wide range of its prosecutorial activities, from The Hague to its ongoing field investigations against different African heads of state and senior government officials. At the same time, and perhaps even more important, Affective Justice approaches the status of the ICC in Africa from an innovative perspective. Instead of viewing the ICC through the lens...
08 Apr ICC Prosecutor Symposium: The Chief Prosecutor: Diplomat, Politician, Leader, Manager, and Lawyer
...Prosecutor do to improve the ICC’s investigation techniques? Bring on experienced investigators who are following a realistic, well thought out, and politically sensitive investigation. 6. Should the next Prosecutor address the Africa-ICC relationship? If so, how? Traveling the continent seeking perspectives and views on how the ICC and Africa can work together. Showing respect and interest in a mutually supported plan for justice with a focus on regional efforts would go a long way to repair a shattered relationship. 7. How do we assess the Prosecutor’s performance? In an annual...
12 Mar Bim, Bam, Bem-Boom!
control of the assets following their seizure, as demonstrated by the ability of Chambers to order, for example, the partial unfreezing of Mr. Bemba’s assets when deemed necessary. This was consistent with the understanding of the States, and the cooperation between them and the ICC. The responsibility assumed by the ICC for the frozen assets reflects international practice; it is the issuing party and not the state on whose territory the assets are found that is liable and responsible for their preservation. 141. Internal ICC documents also demonstrate that the...
24 Nov A look at OSJI’s “Raising the Bar: Improving the Nomination and Selection of Judges at the International Criminal Court”
states from as many of the ICC’s five regional groupings as possible, and prioritization of those states that have nominated multiple candidates to the bench.” OSJI conducted desktop research and primary source interviews from January to May this year and spoke to a variety of relevant actors including ICC judges (current and former), ICC staff, civil society organisations, government representatives, former members of the Advisory Committee on the Nominations of Judges. The process for electing judges for the ICC is, in short, as follows: candidates must be nominated by a...
02 Apr A Powerful Tool for Human Rights, Wrongly Used Against the ICC: The Actual Impact of Sanctions
...Order deemed a national emergency and threat to national security. Whilst the Executive Order only mentions the situation in Afghanistan and the risk of prosecution of U.S. military personnel, the United States has expressed concerns and disagreement with the decision of the ICC to pursue its investigation into the situation involving Israel and Palestine. Despite the Biden Administration’s focus on human rights and foreign policy, the sanctions against the ICC personnel remain in place. This means, at the most basic level, personnel are subject to travel bans and have restrictions...
25 Apr We Need to Talk About Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions
[Andrew Clapham is Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute and the author of “Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction and War“.] The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova have generated a lot of talk about the absence of any obligation on Russia to comply due to Russia not being a party to the Statute of the ICC. In addition, we have seen a secondary debate about the personal immunity of a head of state from a...