International Justice
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Toward a Fuller Understanding of U.S. Legal Objections to ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Part I
An analysis of the view that ICC arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are premature.
15 Years On, Landmark Guinea Trial Delivers on Justice and Shows Path for Future Accountability
The national trial, which began 13 years after the massacre, is a rare example of domestic accountability for former senior officials.
On the Significance and Potential of a Non-Definition: The “Gender” Debate in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
Leaving "gender" undefined may represent a groundbreaking opportunity to recognize gender-competent and intersectional feminist practice in international criminal law.
The Essential Role of ‘Civic Space’ in Safeguarding Electoral Integrity: How a Decision in Africa Can Reverberate
The landmark African Union case over an Ethiopian election provides a roadmap for safeguarding democracy in the face of authoritarianism.
The United Nations in Hindsight: Does the Security Council Matter?
It is not written in the cards that international law will fall apart, and that impunity will reign. Rather, peace and its parts, including respect for international law, are an…
The ‘Obligation to Prevent’ in a Future Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Adopting a Crimes against Humanity Convention would significantly strengthen efforts to prevent these crimes and reinforce justice.
Why Criminalize Ecocide? Experts Weigh In
Experts close to the efforts to make ecocide an international crime weigh in on what they believe criminalization can achieve.
A Modern Narcos? A Guide to the “El Mayo” Sinaloa Cartel Surrender
The dramatic surrender of El Mayo and Guzmán López to U.S. authorities reveals the complex dynamics of cross-border criminal law enforcement.
Vlogging International Criminal Justice? Digital Optics at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), tasked with addressing the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime, has ventured into uncharted territory: TikTok.
“With Utmost Urgency”: Arrest Warrants and Amicus Observations at the International Criminal Court
"The Court should issue arrest warrants based on the evidence before it with utmost urgency. It is widely and correctly seen as an institutional failure not to do so."
Adding Gender to Apartheid in International Law: But Where?
Could discussions about the revival of the Apartheid Convention provide a basis for rethinking the approach to the codification of gender apartheid?
Confirmation of Charges in Absentia for Joseph Kony: Paving the Way for Putin?
The ICC proceeding against Kony opens the door for in absentia confirmation of charges in other high-profile ICC cases, but it is a fact-specific analysis and so the prosecution…