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International Justice

50th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of Palestine

Position of Human Rights Organizations on the 50th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip On the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and […]

Tuesday 6 June 2017

Will the ICC Launch a Full Investigation in Afghanistan?

Source: Lawfare By David Bosco Monday, May 8, 2017, 11:10 AM In mid-November, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced that her office would make a decision “in the very near future” on whether to […]

Thursday 1 June 2017

Child Soldiers Around the World

Source: Council on Foreign Relations by Eben Kaplan Introduction The use of children as soldiers in armed conflict is among the most morally repugnant practices in the world, as illustrated by this Los Angeles Times […]

Tuesday 30 May 2017

The ICC’s Afghanistan Investigation: The Missing Option – Will Americans be charged?

Source: Law Fare Blog By Luis Moreno Ocampo Monday, April 24, 2017, 8:30 AM In a February Lawfare post, David Bosco analyzed the different possible US responses to the pending decision of the International Criminal […]

Tuesday 30 May 2017

Justice in Conflict: The Effects of the International Criminal Court’s Interventions on Ending Wars and Building Peace

Building on theoretical and analytical insights from the fields of conflict and peace studies, conflict resolution, and negotiation theory, the book develops a novel analytical framework to study the Court’s effects on peace, justice, and conflict processes.

Tuesday 23 May 2017

Book: Protecting Human Rights in the 21st Century

Aidan Hehir and Robert Murray have chosen an innovative strategy for surmounting the entrenched divide between scholars believing in human rights, and commentators fatalistically resigned to the rights’ worthlessness on the ground. They offer many alternative perspectives.

Tuesday 23 May 2017

Protecting Children Rights under International Criminal Justice

Source : IPCCL  By Av. LLM Erinda Duraj (Male), Bozo & Associates Law Firm Child Soldiers Photograph: Karel Prinsloo Abstract Children are a central concern of international criminal justice. International crimes and other forms of […]

Thursday 18 May 2017

Review: ‘Legion of Brothers’ on Secret Missions in Afghanistan

Source: New York Times  By KEN JAWOROWSKI An American Special Forces team in Afghanistan in 2001, with Hamid Karzai, center, the country’s future president, as seen in “Legion of Brothers.” CreditGravitas Ventures You’ll have to wade […]

Thursday 18 May 2017

Mr Benjamin B. Ferencz visits ICC: “Law, Not War, is Humanity’s Hope“

SOURCE: ICC ICC Registrar Herman von Hebel, ICC President Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Benjamin B. Ferencz, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, and ICC Deputy Prosecutor James Stewart on 15 May 2017 at ICC premises in […]

Thursday 18 May 2017

Handbook on Complementarity

ICTJ Handbook on Complementarity Paul Seils Where should justice for some of the world’s worst crimes be done? In national courts or at the International Criminal Court in The Hague? Our Handbook on Complementarity explores […]

Thursday 20 April 2017