International Courts

This article examines how the ICJ and ICC navigate legitimacy challenges in armed conflicts, testing their authority, fairness, and impact on global peace and justice.

Judicial involvement in ongoing armed conflicts should be examined from multiple vantage points: courts, victims, parties to conflict, and broader goals of peace and security.

Why did Maduro tell the judge he's still president? One reason: under international law, one country's sitting head of state can’t be prosecuted in another country’s courts.

James Goldston and Esti Tambay present their organization's work, a Memorandum supporting efforts to hold officials accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

With this unanimous opinion, the ICJ has taken a clear stand in favor of a coherent and equitable international legal response to climate change.

The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s caselaw on immunity is entirely consistent with international law.

A revised registration process for international NGOs aiding Palestinians creates a chilling effect against criticism and accountability.

Guidance on how to conduct digital investigations into sexual violence remains underdeveloped, leaving a dangerous gap.

With major powers increasingly skeptical of international institutions, strengthening the Court's legal coherence is necessary for preserving its legitimacy

Authors argue the ICJ must direct Israel to halt the current course of the military campaign in Gaza before too late.

For the International Criminal Court, the question after Duterte’s arrest should not be whether it can now move on to confront more powerful leaders, but rather how it can become…

Israel’s decision to cut Gaza off from essential goods violates IHL and reactivates crimes charged in the ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu, writes Dannenbaum.