International Criminal Court (ICC)
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Salisbury Response Option: Take Putin to Int’l Criminal Court
What legal options are open to the United Kingdom in its response to the alleged Russian assassination attempt in Salisbury? A separate piece at Just Security will discuss whether…
Toby Cadman Rejoinder to Government of Bangladesh
On Jan. 31, I published an opinion piece on Just Security entitled “What Should the International Community do to Address Impunity in Bangladesh?” Mohammad Ziauddin, the ambassador…
What Should the International Community Do to Address Impunity in Bangladesh?
On March 23, 2010, Bangladesh ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), making it the first South Asian State to do so and the 111th State Party to the…
ICC Jurisdiction and the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
Over the past four months, Myanmar’s armed forces, officially known as the Tatmadaw, have driven over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh, killing thousands of civilians…
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…
Justice for Atrocities is Hard (So Get It Right in Darfur)
Faced with grisly accounts of burned villages and mass killings, a number of governments and other observers are calling for those responsible for atrocity crimes in Burma to be…
Crime of Aggression Activated at the ICC: Does it Matter?
The International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties agreed late last week that the ICC can now prosecute crimes of aggression, making it the fourth crime (after war…
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…
Is the ICC Making a Difference?
Global criminal justice is hardly an abstract concept. Just ask Radko Mladic, who was just found guilty of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by the International…
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…
Sanctions No More: Slouching Toward Normalization with Sudan?
October and November saw major shifts in U.S. foreign policy towards Sudan, despite the Sudanese government’s abysmal human rights record and the International Criminal Court’s…