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Left photo: An old woman and a young child stand behind a rusty metal gate. The caption reads: Afghan people watch as World Food Programme volunteers distribute sacks of food grains as an aid in Kandahar on October 19, 2021, via Agence France Presse and Getty Images. The image on the right: diplomats meet in a formal setting at the United Nations Security Council in New York.

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Just Security’s Symposium on the ICC Afghanistan Probe and the US

Just Security is pleased to announce the launch of an online symposium dedicated to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe in Afghanistan and its implications for the…

Another Airstrike in Kunduz, and More Civilian Deaths

Once again, airstrikes targeting insurgent leaders in Afghanistan have killed and injured dozens of civilians. On the morning of April 2, Afghan government forces attacked the…
The front of the International Criminal Court building.

Expert Q&A: The International Criminal Court’s Afghanistan Probe and the US

In November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, sought authorization from a panel of ICC judges to open an investigation into war crimes…

Impunity for U.S.-Funded Warlords in Afghanistan

The U.S. is unable or unwilling to stop funding units in Afghanistan that engage in serious human rights violations, according to a new SIGAR report. Lt. Gen. Abdul Raziq, the…

We’ve Been Here Before: Sticks Don’t Work Well with Pakistan

A Pakistani Army soldier stands near an artillery gun used against pro-Taliban militants while on base at Kabal in the Swat valley of northwestern Pakistan. (John Moore/Getty Images)…

International Criminal Court Indictments of U.S. Officials Are not Impossible

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s long-expected request to open an investigation of U.S. armed forces and the CIA for crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan…

Alseran v MOD and the Legal Risks in Treating All Captives as Prisoners of War

British and American troops with Iraqi captives in March 2003. (UK MOD) Last month, the English High Court delivered its judgment in favour of the claimants in Alseran and Others…
Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court at The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September 19, 2011 in New York City.

No Winners: How the Int’l Criminal Court Should Avoid Confronting the United States

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda presents at the Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit in New York in 2011. (Credit: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Louise Blouin Foundation)…

USG Statement on Int’l Criminal Court Probe into Alleged U.S. War Crimes is Missing Some Things

As states gathered earlier this month to kick off the 16th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, ICC watchers wondered what to expect from…
Erik Prince, chairman of the Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater USA, holds up a picture showing the damage inflicted by a car bomb while testifying during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 2, 2007 in Washington DC.

Thoughts on Erik Prince’s Proposal to Privatize Intelligence Gathering

This week we learned, via the Intercept, of Erik Prince’s proposal to provide the Trump Administration with a private intelligence outfit.  According to the Intercept, “The…
A U.S. Special Forces tactical vehicle watches over detainees during a night mission conducted jointly with the Afghan National Army in Shahak village March 29, 2004 in southeast Afghanistan.

The ICC’s Afghanistan Investigation: What’s at Stake for the U.S.?

The United States faces a tough predicament: How best to navigate the recent decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor to seek to commence an investigation…

The Int’l Criminal Court’s Case against the United States in Afghanistan: How it happened and what the future holds

What happens when a global criminal court takes on the world’s dominant military power? That was the question earlier this month when the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor…
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