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I help children in armed conflict. The President is forcing me to stop.
Professor Diane Marie Amann has served since December 2012 as the Special Adviser to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict.

Crises of Accountability for U.S. Systemic Abuses of Power
On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United States is at a crossroads. We will know soon if the country is capable of breaking the cycle of impunity…

Trump’s Rationale for Attacking the ICC—Continuity with Bush and Obama’s War on Terrorism
An article by the first Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

The ICC Wants Justice But Has No Mandate
The recent escalation in the ongoing conflict between the United States and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is as unfortunate as it is predictable, having come to a head…

Draft “Murad Code” Aims to Improve Investigations of Sexual Violence in Conflict
The guidelines respond to troubling past practices that made investigations ineffective, re-traumatizing, unnecessarily duplicative, and a security risk.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (June 12-19)
(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…

Trump’s ICC EO Will Undercut All U.S. Sanctions Programs—Is That Why Treasury Isn’t Conspicuously on Board?
The risks posed by the new U.S. sanctions program aimed at the ICC extend beyond the Court, its employees, and its supporters.

Dissecting the Executive Order on Int’l Criminal Court Sanctions: Scope, Effectiveness, and Tradeoffs
An expert breakdown of what's in President Trump's executive order, how it works exactly, and what comes next.

The Self-Defeating Executive Order Against the International Criminal Court
"I know because I used to make this theoretical international law argument...on behalf of the U.S. Government many years ago."

Ali Kushayb’s Arrest Highlights the Other Side of the U.S.–ICC Relationship
There has been a lot happening over the past couple of weeks, at home and abroad. So it would have been easy to miss the news that earlier this week, Ali Kushayb, a Sudanese war…

National Security at the United Nations This Week (June 5-12)
(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…

New Complicity Charges Filed in the Killing of George Floyd
UPDATED As millions of people take to the streets demanding racial justice, accountability for police violence, and the demilitarization of the police, the case against the ex-police…