Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
22 Feb Events and Announcements: 22 February 2026
...for Justice, Law and Society at University of East London, together with Legal Action Worldwide, present: International law symposium on Transnational Networks and Accountability. The symposium will take place at University of East London -University Square Stratford (USS), on Wednesday 4 March 2026 from 11:00am -13:30pm GMT. Often, lawyers view Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in terms of their specific contribution to the dimensions of global justice, i.e., as advocates or partners in the field. Examining the legitimacy of global justice institution is incomplete unless we look at the broader context of...27 Jun An African Backlash Against International Criminal Justice?
example, is facing prosecution through the African Union, a move which has had enthusiastic support from African human-rights advocates. Obviously, these are very difficult issues. My co-author Jide Nzelibe and I have discussed the costs of international criminal justice in Africa at length here in this forthcoming article in the Washington University Law Review, but we both would agree that there are no easy answers here. Hopefully, what is emerging in Africa should remind supporters of international criminal justice that there are downsides as well as upsides to these processes....
23 Nov The Revival of Criminal Prosecution of Francoism Crimes in Spain: A New Opportunity for Hope?
...with the Argentine courts. Both the societal and global response to the pacto del olvido and the lack of criminal proceedings encouraged the implementation of alternative transitional justice measures and the enactment of state and regional legislation advancing the principles of truth, reparations and accountability – among them, two national Memory Acts. The first one, the Historical Memory Act 52/2007 of 2007, made relevant progress by explicitly acknowledging the unjust nature of all convictions, sanctions and violence based on political, ideological, or religious grounds during the Civil War or the...
30 Jun The Early Stages of ICC Proceedings: Why the Court Must Ensure Access to Justice for Victims and Suspects (Part I: Victims and ICC Investigations: Rhetoric v. Reality)
evidence, and selects crimes, suspects, and charges. This is the first in a two-part post which considers the Court’s early stages of proceedings, first from the perspective of victims, and then from the perspective of defendants. We ask whether current approaches to the oversight of the ICC’s early stages are fit for purpose: both in terms of living up to rhetoric about victim-centred justice, and for safeguarding fundamental rights held by its defendants. Our analysis concludes that without clearer regulations, procedural safeguards, and meaningful access to justice, the Court risks...
23 Sep The RBG Legacy: Equality and Inspiration
her judgements and her dissents. In United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996), Justice Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion, finding that the Virginia Military Institute’s (VMI) exclusion of women from its educational opportunities denied equal protection to women. Twenty years after VMI began admitting women, there were 63 female cadets in the 2017 intake. In one of her famous dissents, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), Justice Ginsburg pointed out the problem with the existing time limit on women’s ability to make a...
17 Dec The Minnesota Protocol Remains a Valuable Tool in the Global Fight against Impunity
victim representatives who play a key role in monitoring State responses to unlawful killings and in carrying out documentation when States fail to act. A unique feature of these trainings (compared to other trainings justice sector actors may receive on investigations) is that they begin by framing the discussion in international human rights law and standards, including the obligations of States and the rights of victims. Over the past three years, the Global Accountability Initiative and the ICJ’s Latin America regional program has focussed on accountability for serious human rights...08 Feb Why I Disagree with Marty Lederman About Prosecuting Waterboarders
...for me to tell anybody who relied, justifiably, on a Justice Department opinion that not only may they no longer rely on that Justice Department opinion, but that they will now be subject to criminal investigation for having done so. That would put in question not only that opinion, but also any other opinion from the Justice Department. Essentially, it would tell people: “You rely on a Justice Department opinion as part of a program, then you will be subject to criminal investigation when, as and if the tenure of...
19 Jul Options for a Peace Settlement for Ukraine: Option Paper XI – Reconciliation
...and perpetuate a conflict-oriented cultural and historical narrative. However, such provisions can be implemented effectively only if the parties are willing to comply in good faith. 3. Justice processes A peace agreement could also provide for transitional justice processes, which are meant to promote reconciliation through pursuit of truth and accountability for the conflict and its harms. Transitional justice institutions can take many forms and serve many purposes, and this paper will not fully address this issue but will examine it only through the lens of reconciliation. This section briefly...04 Nov Complementarity in Crisis: Uganda, Alternative Justice, and the International Criminal Court
with broad policy discretion to approve or disapprove domestic transitional justice policies without the assistance of meaningful legal standards, then justifying the ICC becomes a more difficult proposition. My Article takes up this problem through a focused analysis of the ICC’s response to the Ugandan peace process. My three principal claims are as follows: first, the Rome Statute does not, in fact, provide meaningful guidance to the Court as it navigates the particular dilemmas of transitional justice in Uganda. Second, the development of ex ante guidelines to cabin prosecutorial discretion-a...
18 Jul Race, Gender and Apartheid in the Draft CAH Treaty: South Africa’s Role
reparations. Reparations are formal efforts to redress grave injustices—such as slavery, genocide, apartheid, colonialism, or persecution—through material and symbolic means. Over time, the understanding of who qualifies as a legitimate victim often evolves as awareness is expanded through social movements’ political advocacy on behalf of those most affected. While genocide accountability for Palestinians may be temporally limited to recent acts, such as those committed since October 2023, apartheid accountability would acknowledge a longstanding, systemic injustice—opening pathways for reparative justice that affects tens of thousands more victims. It would also inform...