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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 Feb Events and Announcements: 23 February 2025
To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Call for Papers Nottingham International Criminal Justice Conference: International criminal justice and its international institutions are in a truly agenda-shaping moment. And yet, this moment also exposes – perhaps most starkly than ever – the politics of international criminal justice, the fragility of its institutions and its norms, and their vulnerability to realpolitik and the interests of the powerful. Following a successful conference in 2024, on 14...10 Dec Moreno-Ocampo Needs a Remedial Criminal Law Course
Here is Moreno-Ocampo’s latest doozy, concerning the possibility of Israelis being prosecuted for war crimes related to Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank: Where the Israeli High Court of Justice has approved specific settlements as legal, this could provide a complete defense to any allegations that they are war crimes, former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Moreno-Ocampo is in Jerusalem lecturing at the The Fried-Gal Transitional Justice Initiative at the Hebrew University Law School. Although Moreno-Ocampo has stepped down from his...
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...
02 Jul The Use of Benchmarks in the Colombia Situation: An Opportunity for a Victim-Oriented Approach to ICC Complementarity
...Peace and victims’ rights The formal peace agreement, signed between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) in November 2016, created, among other transitional justice mechanisms, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace. In accordance with its mandate, the SJP is to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for the most serious human rights violations committed during Colombia’s armed conflict. In line with its restorative character, in exchange for contributing to the truth, which should be ‘’exhaustive, complete and detailed’’, those who appear before the SJP can...
12 Sep Are International Immunities at Stake? The CICIG Case Before Guatemalan Justice
...requesting arrest warrants for Velásquez and Camargo in connection with their alleged involvement in the transnational Odebrecht corruption case during their time at CICIG. International Reaction to the Warrant The issuance of these warrants presents a valuable case study in the scope and application of immunities afforded to international officials. The Colombian government has rejected Guatemala’s request. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the represents “Worrying manipulation of international judicial mechanisms, contrary to the spirit of legality, cooperation, and justice that should prevail in relations between states”, and as...14 Jan Bias and Decline at the International Court of Justice
One of the things I think we can provide to blog readers is an insight into what international law academics are thinking and writing about. And not just what the three of us are thinking about (as valuable of course as that may be). Peggy has already gotten us started with her post about Peter Spiro’s recent work. In the same vein, I thought I would point to two recent articles by Eric Posner about the International Court of Justice. The first, “Is the International Court of Justice Biased?”, which...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...