War Crimes

Tech is heralded as a way to increase access and participation in international justice. But what are the costs of these digital justice mechanisms?

Editor’s note: Originally published on May 25, 2019; with an author’s note published on Dec. 24, 2020. Author’s note, Dec. 24, 2020: Not all corrupt pardons…

A comprehensive, sweeping analysis of "the United States’ own long-standing views that a commander’s failure to punish war crimes by his subordinates may itself amount to war…

[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series on the consolidated cases of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I and Cargill Inc. v. Doe I, which was argued before…

The world has not come close to ending such heinous crimes, but the trials established the principle that perpetrators can and must be brought to justice.

Significant First Amendment concerns are raised by the administration's sanctions against the International Criminal Court and against those who support the ICC's work.

Cases such as one in Germany to address individual criminal responsibility are insufficient on their own to address the scope of the documented criminality.

A prosecutor in the Belsen Trial initially obscured the specific identity of the victims. That would change dramatically by the end.

With the Trump administration poised to issue sanctions under its new executive order aimed at the ICC, Beth Van Schaack gathers key global reactions to the order and identifies…

Syrians who die as a result of the inaccessibility to treatment or protection against COVID-19 may also result in criminal responsibility.

On June 11, President Donald Trump issued an executive order authorizing the imposition of sanctions targeting International Criminal Court officials. This article assesses the…

(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…