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19 Mar What Lessons Can We Learn from the Prosecutor’s Election? Part I
52-53, 63, 173, and 183), not commissioned by the Assembly of States Parties, then resounded on deaf ears. The veil of silence around these issues was yet further penetrated through the Twitter campaign conducted by Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and Atlas, “Why I didn’t report”, which ran from 11 to 22 January 2021. During that campaign anonymous women from anonymous organizations engaged in the field of international criminal justice explained why they didn’t report allegations of misconduct against presumably more senior officials in the work place. These anonymous disclosures,...01 Mar “Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice” Published
of humanitarian law – Antonio Cassese and the creation of the customary law of non-international armed conflict Tamás Hoffmann; 5. The international criminal legal process: towards a realistic model of international criminal law in action Christoph Burchard. Part II. Theorizing International Criminal Justice: 6. The two liberalisms of international criminal law Darryl Robinson; 7. International criminal law at the crossroads: from ad hoc imposition to a treaty-based universal system Kai Ambos; 8. In search of the ‘vertical’: towards an institutional theory of international criminal justice’s core Frédéric Mégret. Part III....
28 Jan Centering Survivors: The Imperative for Inclusive Justice in Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Negotiations
...need compensation, resources, and sustained support so we are not forced to live in constant fear and anxiety. Most importantly, we need to be centered in the design and implementation of justice and accountability for ourselves and our communities. Often, people speak of us when they talk about justice, but we are agents, not objects. We can speak for ourselves, and that’s why our presence and meaningful participation are essential to the legitimacy of such processes. We, civil society participants—including survivor groups, activists, lawyers, academics, and practitioners—ground legal processes, such...
19 Feb Justice for the Yazidis in the Ishaq Case by the Stockholm District Court – Part II
...well as national courts, including others that operate under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Such qualitative outcomes are the harvest of seeds which have been planted across the international criminal justice ecosystem and include: the dedication of curious and skilful prosecutors that do not shy away from looking across jurisdiction or collaborating with investigative mechanisms, such as IIIM-Syria and UNITAD (p.35-36). The consideration of the work of the Syria COI, Yazda and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other European criminal justice authorities successfully facilitated through Eurojust contributed...
21 Jul Duterte’s Arrest, the ICC, and the Politics of Accountability
...moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice What This Means for International Justice Duterte’s arrest represents a rare victory for the ICC, but it also highlights the fragility of international justice. The court relies on a delicate balance of legal authority and political will. The system worked in this case, but it did so not because of the ICC’s inherent strength but because the Philippine government saw an advantage in cooperating. At the same time, the prolonged delay, and effective failure, in prosecuting Duterte within the Philippine judiciary...
14 May How did the Israeli Supreme Court Legitimise Starvation as a Weapon of War? An Autopsy of a Ruling (Part 1)
...On March 27, 2025, over a year after it had been submitted and over three weeks after Israel imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip, three Supreme Court justices unanimously rejected the petition. Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit, who is associated with the Court’s liberal camp, authored the leading opinion, and deputy Chief Justice Noam Solberg and Justice David Mintz, both associated with the conservative camp, concurred and added a few observations. An autopsy of the ruling lays bare how the Court deployed three major strategies to legitimise Israel’s deprivation...