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Recklessness, War Crimes, and the Kunduz Hospital Bombing

Last Friday, the US military announced that it was disciplining 16 service members involved in the bombing of the Médicins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan that…
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Readers’ Guide on Recent Developments in International Criminal Law

It has been a busy few weeks in international criminal law, with a range of important judgments out of the International Criminal Court, the International Tribunal for the former…
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Developing a Practice Around Guilty Pleas at the ICC

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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Sexual Violence and Commanders’ Responsibilities During Conflict

On March 21, the ICC rendered the long-anticipated verdict in the Bemba case. Just three days later, the ICTY rendered its own long-awaited legal trial judgment in the Radovan…
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The Bemba Conviction at the ICC: Lessons for the Future

Last Monday, Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former military commander from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was convicted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for murder, rape,…
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Contempt Charges and the International Criminal Tribunals

The last days have been busy in the international criminal law world with convictions in the Karadžić case at the ICTY and the Bemba case at the ICC, and the confirmation for…
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Prosecuting Trump

There has been much discussion of Donald Trump’s open pledge to commit torture and war crimes if elected President. He has said that he would bring back waterboarding and techniques…
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Upcoming International Criminal Law Trifecta

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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War Crimes and the Use of Improvised and Indiscriminate Weapons in Syria

Editor’s note: This is the latest in a continuing series about alleged war crimes in Syria. You can find the previous installments here and here. While several sides of the conflict…
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Mapping the Law That Applies to War Crimes in Syria

War crimes have been a consistent feature of the Syrian conflict since its inception. Indeed, a map of the war crimes committed in Syria reads like a survey course of the topic.…
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International Justice Year-in-Review: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards (Part 2)

Editor’s Note: We asked editors Beth Van Schaack and Alex Whiting to do a roundup of the top international criminal justice stories from 2015 and what readers should keep an…
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International Justice Year-in-Review: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards (Part 1)

Editor’s Note: We asked editors Beth Van Schaack and Alex Whiting to do a roundup of the top international criminal justice stories from 2015 and what readers should keep an…
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