Germany

The record shows that, if this is the only feasible route to accountability for now, countries will require additional support at the UN level to achieve accountability.

A leading scholar explains landmark decision by Germany's highest criminal court.

The world has not come close to ending such heinous crimes, but the trials established the principle that perpetrators can and must be brought to justice.

A prosecutor in the Belsen Trial initially obscured the specific identity of the victims. That would change dramatically by the end.

A trial against Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al Gharib, two suspected (former) members of President Bashar al-Assad’s security services, began before the Higher Courts in Koblenz, Germany,…

Renewed questions over the US nuclear umbrella, NATO and a new fighter jet obscure the reality of the country's most likely options.

A transatlantic response must document the threat, make it a priority, and convey that observing international law and established norms is non-negotiable.

Imagine a global security structure based on principles of cooperation, human security, pragmatism, transparency, and inclusivity.

The attack on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in December 2016 was arguably Germany’s 9/11. While German anti-terrorism law previously was influenced “only” by international…

The Prosecutor, by commencing proceedings against Raslan and Al Gharib, along with in other cases where arrest warrants against Syrian State officials were issued, has already…

Almost six years have passed since the genocide against the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority group in Northern Iraq, and one of the first trials against a female ISIS returnee…

Will Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court press for further reforms or defer the matter to politics when it decides on the issue later this month?