International Justice

ASEAN excluded the Myanmar junta from its summit this week - but remains reluctant to condemn the coup or provide robust help to the people of Myanmar. How should the rest of the…

The Seychelles' truth commission has the unusual power to grant - not just recommend - amnesties. What is their status in international law, and role in transitional justice?

A US court held that Colombian paramilitaries indisputably had a symbiotic relationship with the Colombian state and are therefore liable under the TVPA.

A landmark case offers justice for victims - and new specificity on TVPA, ATS claims for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Such a convention could help dispel a culture of impunity by reaffirming the gravity of such atrocities and filling gaps left by the Rome Statute.

Such a law would strengthen the prospect of the US one day seriously considering ratification of a proposed treaty.

While it contains laudable provisions, it is silent on certain fundamental issues, and some clauses set out the lowest common denominator.

Given growing barriers to accessing witnesses and victims, how should interviewers safely, ethically collect information for human rights inquiries - and how should policymakers…

Such a legal framework could be transformative for so many who have been left out or on the margins of existing mechanisms, including women.

At times the baton was dropped; at other times, drafters successfully overcame the hurdles in the process, as with the ICC Statute.

It tells other governments that they may not obtain retroactive impunity for their crimes by withdrawing from the ICC treaty.

The answer is to fully enact international criminal law at the national level and to provide for its maximum reach.