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06 Aug Iraq and the International Criminal Court: Decision Time
different problems, and the role of the ICC and other international organizations is probably not on the top of the list. But it is far from trivial if Iraq signs the ICC treaty, since it will be exposing both U.S. and its own military forces (currently engaged in a desparate anti-insurgent struggle) to oversight by the ICC. This may or may not be a good thing depending on one’s faith in the judgment of the ICC, but it is certainly a rather large and dangerous step for Iraq’s interim government....19 Dec Sudan Blocks ICC Probe on Darfur
...for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government officials and Janjaweed members, it has made no genuine effort to investigate — much less discipline or prosecute –any of the individuals responsible. Instead, it has created a facade of accountability through sham prosecutions and created ad hoc government committees that produce nothing. This development raises a couple of interesting questions. First, what is the standard under the Rome Statute of the ICC for “complimentarity,” the requirement that the ICC only prosecute cases where the state with primary jurisdiction is...
08 Jan Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Why Afghan Survivors Need Sustained ICC Action
[Yifat Susskind is the Executive Director of MADRE, an international human rights organization dedicated to meeting urgent needs in communities facing crisis and using the human rights framework to create durable social change] For women, girls, and LGBTQI+ persons in Afghanistan, the struggle for justice has never been more urgent. With each passing day, the Taliban is consolidating power while the international community edges toward normalizing relations with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. This leaves the International Criminal Court (ICC) as one of the few institutions able to secure justice for...18 Mar Lubanga Decision Roundtable: Lubanga in Context
...from the specter of colonialism, the pervasive fear of double-standards to the detriment of Africans and what Mutua Makau famously calls the metaphor of “savages, victims and saviors”? After all, we should not forget that many will view the Lubanga judgment as confirmation that, to cite Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the ICC is “a new form of imperialism created by the West to control the world’s poorest countries.” This, in my view, is clearly over-stated, but it is hard to turn a blind eye to some facets of the ICC’s...
12 Feb Reflections on the Failure of the International Community Regarding Protests in Iran
...a State Party to the ICC. It has not ratified the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding instrument. However, in such cases, the Security Council has the power to refer situations of mass atrocity to the ICC under the Council’s jurisdiction under Chapter VII. With reports from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other NGOs estimating that thousands have died, that torture is rampant in Iranian prisons, and that mass executions may be on the horizon, the international community should act. According to the BBC, at least 50,000 reports people have...21 Mar ICC Watch: Ugandan Leaders Seek Delay in Arrest Warrants
As I sip my half pint of Weiznenbier “Edelweiss” here at Cafe Leopold in Vienna, I thought I would blog a few short posts using the cafe’s free WLAN: Representatives from North Uganda visited the Hague last week to ask the ICC to hold off on arrest warrants for leaders of the Lords’ Resistance Army. As I have noted before, the Uganda situation presents the ICC with an important first test of its political (rather than legal) judgment. Should the ICC issue arrest warrants here? Or should it hold back...