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The State of the Empire in the Age of Trumpism
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The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? published in 2009, has become the best-selling of the TRANSCEND University Press books.
Monday، 25 December، 2017Questions and Answers on Afghanistan and the International Criminal Court
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Following an initial announcement published on 3 November 2017, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) submitted on 20 November 2017 her request to the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber III to open an investigation into the situation in Afghanistan.
Friday، 24 November، 2017International Crimes Committed in Afghanistan: Towards ICC Prosecutions of All Operating Forces?
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After a decade-long preliminary examination, the ICC Prosecutor requested the opening of an investigation into the situation in Afghanistan. Our organisations welcome this decision allowing for impunity for int. crimes committed since May 2003 to be addressed.
Friday، 3 November، 2017Child marriage is a problem in the United States too
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The minimum age of marriage, according to US law, is 18. There is a legal gray zone, however- every state allows marriages of children below 18 with parental or judicial consent.There is no legislation to raise the marriageable age bar or to ban child marriages in 38 states of the US.
Tuesday، 6 June، 2017The ICC’s Afghanistan Investigation: The Missing Option – Will Americans be charged?
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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، 2017Gender-based persecution on the International Criminal Court’s radar
IntLawGrrls JANUARY 6, 2017 / ROSEMARY GREY Sexual and gender-based crimes were high on the ICC’s agenda in 2016 – a trend which looks set to continue this year. In March 2016, the Court handed down its first conviction […]
Saturday، 15 April، 2017Human rights groups call for the opening of an ICC investigation into the situation in Afghanistan
FIDH, OPEN ASIA/ Armanshahr, Transitional Justice Coordination Group (Afghanistan), Center for Constitutional Rights (USA) request ICC Prosecutor to open investigation into the situation in Afghanistan.
Friday، 14 April، 2017Human Rights Attorneys: Trump’s Latest Bombing Unlawful, Dangerous Escalation
Center for Constitutional Rights Jen Nessel, CCR, (212) 614-6480, press@ccrjustice.org April 13, New York – In response to the Trump administration dropping the 21,600-pound GBU-43/B bomb in Afghanistan, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following […]
Friday، 14 April، 2017After Guantánamo, Another Injustice
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The New York Times By JOHN GRISHAM* ABOUT two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at Guantánamo Bay. Apparently detainees were requesting them, and their lawyers were delivering them […]
Sunday، 18 August، 2013