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11 Apr ICC Prosecutor Symposium: Against Modesty at the ICC
would be sacrificed. A modest Prosecutor would be one who is supplicant to state power. Some accept this, arguing that the ICC may have to “own” being a court for the prosecution of rebel warlords. It is what the Court can get done, the thinking goes, so, though the lesson may be “unpalatable,” it is what it should do. Partial and political criminal justice that aligns with the objectives of interested states is, on this view, “better than no justice at all.” Deteriorating Legitimacy The problem is that, in the...
23 Oct Universal Jurisdiction, the International Criminal Court, and the Rohingya Genocide
...It is the first universal jurisdiction case on the Rohingya situation brought anywhere in the world. The submission of the case file brought widespread international media attention. It remarkably also came in the same week as the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an investigation regarding crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, and the Gambia brought a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention. Finally, there was a sense of real momentum behind international justice efforts for what has credibly been called a...08 May OPCD Moves to Disqualify Moreno-Ocampo
...to endorse the narrative that firstly, the rebellion was a ‘fight for justice’, and secondly, that the present Libyan government is an extension of this rebellion, and ‘fight for justice’. 44.Subsequently, the Prosecutor observed that “it was critical for Libyans who fought against the injustices of the Gaddafi regime to now show they could “respect justice for a person like Saif.” Again, the Prosecutor appears to identify the current Libyan government and judiciary with the rebels, and to endorse their cause by describing it as a fight against “the injustices...28 Aug Guest Post: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17–Possible Legal Avenues for Redress (Part 2)
[ Dr Aaron Matta is a Senior Researcher at The Hague Institute for Global Justice , Rule of Law Program. Anda Scarlat is a Summer Fellow with the Rule of Law Program at the Institute.With many thanks to Dr Lyal Sunga, Jill Coster van Voorhout and Thomas Koerner for their helpful feedback on earlier drafts of this commentary.The views expressed here do not represent the views of the Hague Institute for Global Justice.] Following on from our previous commentary on potential state responsibility, this post will look at the role...15 Feb The Politics of Gitmo
...justice” that way, we’ll still be rendering it another 3 years from now (the next time folks take a good look at the Commander in Chief). On the other side, proponents of criminal trials have done a nice job of highlighting the many factual – and common sensical – deficiencies in the Republican case. See, e.g., here. They’re getting great at rapid response. But they’ve not mounted much (or any) of a sustained counteroffensive in the political messaging game. In part, one might argue, that’s not the job of advocacy...