Treaties

A US court held that Colombian paramilitaries indisputably had a symbiotic relationship with the Colombian state and are therefore liable under the TVPA.

Such a convention could help dispel a culture of impunity by reaffirming the gravity of such atrocities and filling gaps left by the Rome Statute.

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

A politically expedient "fix" would sideline citizens, including those who fought to open the system via the European Court of Human Rights.

Before leaving his post as Senior Legal Advisor to the State Department, Harold Hongju Koh penned a strongly-worded criticism of President Biden’s pandemic border policy and…

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

It tells other governments that they may not obtain retroactive impunity for their crimes by withdrawing from the ICC treaty.

The US absence at the table is more perplexing than ever, considering how these issues will define maritime governance in the 21st century.

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.

Crimes against humanity is the only international crime not governed by its own treaty. It's time to formally recognize such heinous conduct.

Such a convention could dispel the notion that only genocide deserves international sanction and attention.