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04 Oct

...in Distant Justice that the ICC only displays a willingness to cooperate with domestic institutions when they pose no challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction over particular cases. To take the northern Ugandan example Agirre cites, Ocampo stated consistently that no complementary combinations would be possible if Uganda attempted to use traditional mechanisms to deal with the ICC’s targets, Joseph Kony and the other Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders, as proposed during the Juba peace talks. Tellingly, Agirre makes no mention of one of the key findings in Distant Justice –...
04.10.19 | |

18 Mar

...about the impunity they have traditionally enjoyed, and to a lesser extent, a warning to others elsewhere too. So, when Joseph Kony demands that a set of criminal lawyers march for miles into the bush to advise him on his potential exposure to liability for international crimes, there is some nominal gain in the world. This benefit is also apparent when the head of the British army demands a single written sentence from the British Attorney General and Prime Minister describing the Iraq War as legal before he sends in...
18.03.12 | |

05 Nov

...since there is a large number of victims in this case. Some victims will have suffered individual crimes like rape, bodily injury, and other harms that will require individual reparations. Other people may be less interested in communal reparations because in their view, such reparations have no direct benefit to them. Reparations must be meaningful to those receiving them to fulfill their purpose. Lastly, designing multifaceted reparations programs maximize impact, resources, and victim satisfaction regardless of the reparation’s mechanism. Concluding recommendations International Criminal Court Since LRA Commander Joseph Kony has...
05.11.22 | |

23 Mar

...2012, the ICC issued an arrest warrant against former First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Simone Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 2010-2011 post-election violence. Ms Gbagbo was simultaneously prosecuted and then acquitted by Cote d’Ivoire’s High Court for the same crimes, and the ICC vacated the warrant’s effects in 2021. Her husband, former President Laurent Gbagbo, was also acquitted by the ICC for lack of evidence. In 2023, the ICC also issued an arrest warrant against Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights,...
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27 Jun

...I negotiated), it has hindered the Bush and Obama administrations from providing some forms of assistance to the court, even in cases for which there is strong bipartisan support for holding war criminals such as Bashir and Kony accountable. There is very little I disagree with in the editorial, although I think that judging the ICC’s success in terms of the number of trials it has completed is a bit too simplistic. That statistic misleads more than it informs, because a number of other trials should wrap up in the...
27.06.12 | |

20 Apr

...the Lord’s Resistance Army, such as Joseph Kony — from government amnesty. The Minister of Internal Affairs will submit a list of names to the Parliament for approval. The law proved quite contentious, with numerous MPs insisting that it would undermine efforts to negotiate a peaceful solution to the LRA insurgency. The Pre-Trial Chamber I provisionally concluded that Thomas Lubanga does not possess the financial resources to pay for adequate legal representation. The Court thus agreed to pay the expenses of his attorney — which he has yet to select...
20.04.06 | |

14 Jul

...the spotlight on Bashir provides a significant point of pressure that if backed by key governments and the UN Security Council could lead to real protection for the civilian population. Enough also points out that unlike in Uganda, where popular sentiment is mixed — although opponents of the ICC often grossly overstate Ugandans willingness to let Kony and his henchment go free — the vast majority of Darfurians want the government officials responsible for the atrocities to be prosecuted: Absent from all too many discussions about peace and justice in...
14.07.08 | |

07 Apr

Anonymous Log onto Twitter and send him a message at @robcrilly. He generally responds to comments/questions. Kevin Jon Heller I hope someone out there will do it. I don't use Twitter. Oder Even if this is not accurate, doesn't it at least highlight the possibility that ICC proceedings against leaders might be an incentive for them to stay in power? See Joesph Kony, Robert Mugabe, al-Bashir... Kevin Jon Heller The same argument was made about Milosevic and Taylor, and we know how that turned out. Oder What do those examples...
07.04.10 | |

16 Sep

...the reputation of the Security Council which will effectively be going back on its referral; the apparently subjective application of the law; the expectations of those in Darfur who have been affected by the conflict. And bear in mind the fact that indictments of Milosevic, and of Kony to an extent, didn't harm the respective peace processes, despite doubts - any argument that a deferral will aid the peace process in Sudan is unfounded. This is of course a sensitive issue, but I think that the balance in this instance...
16.09.08 | |

10 Mar

...doubt - as many other have - it is a legal rule as opposed to a political mantra. At the same time, the problems of negotiated peaces can not be minimized. Jeremy Levitt has a new book out since January 2012 precisely about the problems with these negotiated peaces entitled "Illegal Peace in Africa: An Inquiry into the Legality of Power Sharing with Warlords, Rebels, and Junta." Syria is the current example - intervening or not intervening - we are doing something. Intervening without structure makes me fear us spinning...
10.03.12 | |

24 Feb

Mark This report has been twisted here into an argument against the ICC, whereas it could just as easily be twisted into one for the Court. Would al-Bashir have entered this agreement were it not for the arrest warrant? I wonder if it is no coincidence that al-Bashir seems keen, suddenly, to raise his profile - rather, might this have something to do with the arrest warrant hanging over his head? We saw the same thing a few years ago, with Kony and friends emerging from the jungle for negotiations...
24.02.10 | |