Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
22 Aug Emerging Voices: The Transformative Influence of International Criminal Law in Domestic Perspective
Although ICL partly reflects an idealistic version of how the world should be, it is also constantly under the influence of how the world is: a place in which the demands of politics and justice often come into conflict. For better or worse, ICL’s transformative value and potential is affected by the political will of states. It is submitted that the negative influences of politics on international criminal justice (for example, selective prosecutions and the African critique of the ICC) must be regarded as areas of awareness and concern for...18 Dec Events and Announcements: 18 December 2022
...be (but are not limited to) any of the following subject areas: Broad international legislative rights-based efforts to combat climate change; The role of international, regional, and/or domestic courts in the fight for climate justice; Comparative anthropogenic/ecocentric approaches to climate justice; Social justice, environmental justice, and/or youth justice movements and their influence upon international environmental decisions; International criminal law and the (potential) crime of ecocide; The scope of the proposed United Nations Global Plastics Treaty and how it may shape future climate justice efforts; Incorporating Third World Approaches to International...18 Jan Judge, Professor, Diplomat: Theodor Meron as a Leading Figure in International Criminal Justice
– passionate about the cause of international criminal justice, boundless in his energy, brilliant at all times and never more so than when facing a challenge. As he leaves the Presidency of the Mechanism, I write this post in celebration of his abiding commitment to international law, humanism, and criminal justice. International law has been the common thread across Judge Meron’s professional life. Before he was a judge, he was a professor of international law at NYU for almost twenty-five years, and before that he spent about twenty years as...
26 Jul Article 63 Intervention Before the International Court of Justice: New Developments and the Way Forward
[Ton Nu Thanh Binh is an LLM student at Trinity College Dublin and a recipient of the Ireland Fellows Programme] The opinions expressed in this post are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of any institution the author might be affiliated with. On 28 June 2024, Spain became the sixth country to submit a declaration to intervene in the case between South Africa and Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Previously, seven states intervened in The Gambia v Myanmar, and 32 states intervened in the...
23 Feb Pathways to Justice for the Downing of Flight PS752
we fight for and what unites us is justice, justice, justice.” In the early hours of January 8, 2020, Iran carried out missile strikes against US bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force. The IRGC expected US retaliation within minutes and therefore added air defense systems to the Tehran vicinity. Despite the immediate risks, Iran kept its airspace open to civilian aircraft. Hours later, an IRGC Air Defense Unit (ADU) stationed near Imam Khomeini Airport (IKA) fired two missiles approximately 30 seconds apart...
06 Feb Symposium by GQUAL on CEDAW’s GR40: A Catalyst for Gender Equity and Climate Justice
shaping climate policies and actions, a crucial gap that has hindered inclusive and effective response to the climate crisis. Addressing this gap is not merely about fairness, but about creating more effective, inclusive, and impactful responses to the global climate crisis. Gender Disparities in Climate Leadership Over the past two decades, environmental risks have consistently ranked among the greatest long-term global concerns, with state-based armed conflicts and geo-economic confrontations emerging as equally significant threats (Global Risks Report, WEF, 2025). Women are disproportionately affected by both these crises, yet they remain...
24 Nov We are Witnessing a Genocide Unfolding in Gaza: To Stop it, the ICC Prosecutor Must Apply the Law Without Fear or Favour
...the perpetrators) are gracious enough to allow justice, and seemingly, only to the extent to which they allow it. Submitting to this understanding under the pretext of pragmatism makes a mockery of the ICC and the legacy of all those who believed in and contributed to its establishment. As Matthew Cannock, Head of Amnesty International’s Centre for International Justice, puts it: “The ICC-OTP’s legitimacy and effectiveness depends on not being seen as an instrument of powerful actors, but rather demonstrating –without fear or favour– that it will pursue accountability in situations where perhaps...
03 Oct Distant Justice Symposium: Some Thoughts on Getting Close
[Mark Drumbl is the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor and Director, Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee University . This is the latest post in our symposium on Phil Clark’s book, Distant Justice: The Impact of the International Criminal Court on African Politics.] I never thought this day would end I never thought tonight could ever be This close to me — The Cure (1985) from the album The Head on the Door When we embraced, when we embraced again, I didn’t think of what would happen, of what I’d do,...
01 Sep The Strongman’s Clause: Article 23(5), the Rules-Based International Order, and the Ukraine Tribunal’s Troubling Precedent
[Kate McInnes is a Vancouver-based criminal defence lawyer and the Principal at Arendt Chambers, Canada’s first and only law firm practicing exclusively in international human rights law and international justice] The creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (STCAU), a court embedded within the Council for Europe framework, marks a historic effort in securing accountability for the most devastating conflict in Europe since World War II. It is a necessary step toward rectifying the fractured international order and delivering justice to victims of an illegal...