For obvious reasons, I am not going to comment on the substance of the investigation or any of the recent media commentary on it. In this post, I simply want to address a narrow legal issue that is drawing attention on social media: what is the standard of proof that applies in disciplinary proceedings at the ICC? The answer is...
[Mina Nur Basmaci is a Legal and Advocacy Fellow at the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC). She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and a member of the American Branch of the International Law Association's Study Group on Crimes Against Humanity. John Ramming Chappell is an Advocacy & Legal Advisor at Center for...
[Mikel Delagrange is a Cuban American lawyer who worked for 12 years at the ICC and is currently the Senior International Legal Advisor at the Wayamo Foundation Mark Kersten is an Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley in Canada and a Senior Consultant at the Wayamo Foundation] Leer en Espanol / You can read...
[Professor Luke Moffet is chair of human rights and international humanitarian law at Queen's University Belfast and author of Algorithms of War (BUP 2026). Alannah Travers is a PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) School of Law in collaboration with the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, working on Algorithmic Warfare and Civilian Harm.] On the 3rd March 2026 it was reported...
[Coline Schupfer Galia is an international human rights lawyer. This article is part of a larger investigation by the Everywhere Border project, https://www.everywhereborder.org/] The second Trump administration has distorted the concept of “safe third country” beyond recognition, creating what amounts to a system of legal abandonment for some of the most vulnerable migrants. In January 2026, a small group of us...
[William Worster has taught public international law, the law of international organizations and international migration and refugee law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences for more than seventeen years] Introduction In February 1977, at the climax of Ireland v. United Kingdom, the UK Attorney-General stood before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and gave an “unqualified undertaking” that the so-called “five techniques” – wall-standing, hooding,...
[Janaha Selvaraj is a lecturer at the Department of Legal Studies of The Open University of Sri Lanka. She holds LL.B (Hons) from University of Colombo and LL.M in International Law from the South Asian University, New Delhi, India] Introduction Recent United States (US) military action against Venezuela raises familiar but unresolved questions about the prohibition on the use of force in international law....
[Matei Alexianu is an Associate at Foley Hoag LLP. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and recipient of the Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law. The views expressed in his articles do not necessarily reflect the views of any institution with which he is or has been affiliated] In the first year of the second Trump administration, the...
[Quazi Omar Foysal is a Bangladeshi-qualified international lawyer, currently pursuing a PhD at La Trobe University, Australia] When the ICJ issued a press release dated 31 January 2025 stating that Russia had incorporated counter-claims in its Counter-Memorial in the Ukrainian Genocide Allegations case, there was a considerable degree of speculation within the international community regarding the contents of such counter-claims. It...
[Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law; Elke Schwarz is a Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University London; Ingvild Bode is a Professor of International Relations, University of Southern Denmark; Zena Assaad is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Australian National University; and Neil Renic is a Lecturer...
[Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law; Elke Schwarz is a Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University London; Ingvild Bode is a Professor of International Relations, University of Southern Denmark; Zena Assaad is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Australian National University; and Neil Renic is a Lecturer...
[Dr Saeed Bagheri is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Law at the University of Reading School of Law. His research focuses on the law on the use of force and international humanitarian law. Gerhard Kemp is Professor of Criminal Law at UWE Bristol in the United Kingdom, with his research focusing on international criminal law, comparative criminal law, and transitional justice.]...