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03 Nov

[Dr. Tuğba Tosun Çobanoğlu is an independent interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of law, human rights and legal psychology.] On 16 October 2026, a short amendment entered into force at the International Criminal Court. At their annual retreat on 29 September, the judges agreed to amend the Code of Judicial Ethics. A new paragraph 3 of Article 10 requires them...

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02 Nov

[Delphine Rodrik is a senior legal advisor with the Border Justice team at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in Berlin.  Dr. Niamh Keady-Tabbal is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University and a consultant at GLAN. She was part of the legal team that supported G.R.J.'s case before the ECtHR.  Silvia Rojas Castro...

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01 Nov

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Announcement The Unwritten Journal: If you are interested in the latest developments in international criminal justice, or are into podcasts (or both!), consider listening to The Unwritten Journal! Just launched by some members of the team behind the Journal of International Criminal...

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30 Oct

[Adrián Agenjo Aguado is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the Universitat de Barcelona and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This post draws on a work-in-progress paper on neutral and professional contributions and complicity in international criminal law presented at the University of Bologna and the European University Institute in October 2026.] When I read the Prosecution’s responses to the questions...

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29 Oct

[Juliana Laguna Trujillo is an international human rights lawyer who works as a legal and advocacy consultant at the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice. Akila Radhakrishnan is an independent human rights lawyer and gender justice expert. She is a legal advisor for the End Gender Apartheid Campaign.] On 31 August 2026, ten years after Paola Buenrostro, a trans sex worker, was killed in...

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29 Oct

[William Fortin is a PhD researcher at Tilburg University.] On 5 June 2026, a woman from the Dutch town of Naaldwijk, Ayada K., was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment by the District Court in The Hague for the following offences: participating in a terrorist organization; carrying out preparatory acts to commit terrorist offences; putting her minor son in a helpless condition...

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29 Oct

[Rachel J. Schoner is an Assistant Professor at Tulane University specializing in international law, international organizations, and human rights. Andrea Vilán is an Assistant Professor at American University specializing in international law, human rights, and transnational activism.] The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recently held its 101st session in Geneva. The session highlights both the expansion of opportunities...

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22 Oct

Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza turns twenty next year. In the context of state-to-state violence and of an anti-colonial struggle for self-determination, the Israeli action is unique, subverting so many authorities at once: the ICJ, the ICC, the UNGA, and countless international and regional civil society organisations. Since the blockade began, Israel has inflicted catastrophic levels of suffering to impose...

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21 Oct

[R. Scott Adams is a PhD candidate at Adelaide University.] Jus contra bellum is the raison d’être of modern international law. When that regulation becomes impotent, prescriptions of conduct within war, jus in bello, emerge to meet the purpose of the law. Jus ad bellum and jus in bello seek two complementary goals: First to prevent war; second to reduce suffering...

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21 Oct

[Ashley S. Kinseth is an international human rights lawyer working on atrocity crimes and statelessness and a member of the Genocide Experts Working Group convened by Genocide Watch. She has conducted field research in Myanmar's Rakhine State and in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh and India.]  In Part I, I described the elaborate system of permits, arbitrary taxes, village labor quotas, and...

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21 Oct

[Ashley S. Kinseth is an international human rights lawyer working on atrocity crimes and statelessness and a member of the Genocide Experts Working Group convened by Genocide Watch. She has conducted field research in Myanmar's Rakhine State and in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh and India.]  Rohingya fleeing Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State pay $300 to $500 for documents to get past Arakan...

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