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Legal, Political, and Administrative Considerations for Establishing a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism would need to consider legal political and administrative questions in order to succeed.
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Where is the International Law We Believed In Ukraine?

International lawyers must design an improved legal architecture of resilience and recovery to support Ukraine against Russian aggression.
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Consolidating the Aftermath of Justice – The Idea of a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism could consolidate the tasks of ad hoc and hybrid tribunals after their prosecutorial mandates conclude.
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Introducing the Symposium on the Creation of a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism could succeed international ad hoc and hybrid criminal tribunals, bringing challenges and potential benefits.
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UN Fact-Finding Mission Should Recognize Gender Persecution in Iran

The 55th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council should also include renewing the mandate of the fact-finding mission.
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National Security at the United Nations This Week (Jan. 29-Feb. 2)

ICJ issues judgment in 2017 Ukraine-Russia case, UN officials emphasize importance of UNRWA funding in Gaza, ICC Prosecutor speaks on Sudan, and more.
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No Longer the Silent Victim: How Ukrainian Prosecutors Are Revitalizing Environmental War Crime Law

Prosecutions for environmental destruction have been notably absent from war crimes trials to date. In Ukraine, this is about to change.
Afghan female students chant "Education is our right, genocide is a crime" during a protest as they march from the University of Herat toward to the provincial governor office in Herat on October 2,2022, two days after a suicide bomb attack in a learning center in Kabul. The bombing killed at least 35 people, and most were female students, according to the BBC, which cited the United Nations. (Photo by MOHSEN KARIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Signals of Support for Gender Justice in the Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

States' written comments cover issues such as the slave trade, gender apartheid, and strengthening protections for victims and survivors.
A picture shows a shadow of a man running past the Wall of Remembrance of the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian War.

On Double Jeopardy, the ICC, and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression

The special tribunal would be able to try for the crime of aggression any person who the ICC has finally tried for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
A picture shows a shadow of a man running past the Wall of Remembrance of the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian War.

Про подвійне притягнення до відповідальності, МКС та Спеціальний трибунал щодо злочину агресії

Спеціальний трибунал зможе судити за злочин агресії будь-яку особу, яку МКС нарешті судив за жорстокі…
The building of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2019. (Photo by OSeveno via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license)

A Symposium on the International Criminal Court and the Israel-Hamas War

With news that the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants in relation to the situation in Palestine, read the latest in our symposium to provide legal and policy…
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The Role of the United Nations in Atrocity Response: Limited, But Not Obsolete

States must invest in “alternative” sites for atrocity prevention because “primary” sites such as the Security Council are foreclosed.
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