International Criminal Law

Former Assistant-Secretary-General outlines good options (war crimes investigation/tribunal) and dead ends (challenging Russia's UN seat).

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Key lessons on incorporating digital evidence of international crimes throughout the justice process and increasing its admissibility in court.

Such a law would strengthen the prospect of the US one day seriously considering ratification of a proposed treaty.

While it contains laudable provisions, it is silent on certain fundamental issues, and some clauses set out the lowest common denominator.

Such a legal framework could be transformative for so many who have been left out or on the margins of existing mechanisms, including women.

At times the baton was dropped; at other times, drafters successfully overcame the hurdles in the process, as with the ICC Statute.

The answer is to fully enact international criminal law at the national level and to provide for its maximum reach.

It is a matter of historical curiosity, and it's time for the UN to reunite genocide with its genus by concluding a parallel treaty.

A successful treaty will prompt States to adopt stronger national laws and cooperate with each other to stop atrocities.