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Category Archives: Afghanistan
Five Take-Aways from the ICC’s Latest Bombshell Report
This year’s Report on Preliminary Examination Activities from the International Criminal Court (ICC) carried within it a number of fascinating – and crucial – details into who and what is falling under the ICC’s microscope. Below are five important takeaways … Continue reading
Did the Torture Report Just Open the U.S. Up to ICC Prosecution?
Does the recent ‘torture report’ on CIA ‘enhanced interrogation methods’ leave US citizens vulnerable to prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC)? That was the question I was asked to answer in my latest article for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, … Continue reading
The ICC in Afghanistan: Peace, Justice and Accountability
Djeyhoun Ostowar joins JiC for this fascinating glimpse into some of the key issues and dilemmas that frame any potential intervention by the International Criminal Court into Afghanistan. Djeyhoun is a PhD student at the War Studies Department of King’s College … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice
Tagged Taliban
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International Justice and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities: Paper Series
The debate over the relationship between peace and justice isn’t going to go away any time soon. Yet, despite all of the attention the ‘peace versus justice’ debate has received over the years, scholarship on the subject still suffers from … Continue reading
A Disturbing Tale: Canada’s Human Rights Record and Reputation
This past week the United Nations Committee Against Torture released a report into Canada’s human rights record. It wasn’t pretty. The Committee suggested that Canada was complicit in the torture of Canadian citizens post-9/11 and expressed concern at the “apparent reluctance on part … Continue reading
Pride and the Interventionist Itch: NATO in the Wake of Libya
Pride is a tricky thing. We want to feel it but it doesn’t always manifest itself as a good trait. For this reason Alexander Pope once declared that pride is “the never-failing vice of fools”, while Saint Augustine wrote that … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, NATO, Responsibiltiy to Protect (R2P), Syria
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Is Killing the new ‘Justice’? The Murky Morality of Target Killings
Dear readers – This marks the first post at JiC by Elke Schwarz. Elke has been JiC’s long-time and faithful editor. Because of her work, we hopefully don’t have too many spelling or grammatical errors! More importantly, Elke is a … Continue reading
US Negotiating with the Taliban: Bargaining with the Devil?
This week’s news that the US is negotiating with the Taliban in Afghanistan may have come as a shock to some. It has, however, been part of a long and heated conversation about how to resolve the seemingly unwinnable war … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Human Rights, Justice, Pakistan, Peace Negotiations, Taliban, United States
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A Few Things Worth a Watch and a Read: Terrorism and IL, bin Laden’s Death and Justice(s)
While JiC is almost only used as place for commentary rather than synopses or snap-shots of others views, I figured I would grant some respite to those tired of hearing what I think and highlighting three particularly interesting pieces. First, … Continue reading
Bin Laden and International Law: Death or Trial?
A debate regarding the legality of killing Osama bin Laden is raging across the internet. Everyone wants to know: was the assassination of bin Laden in accordance with international law? Yesterday, I weighed in on the broader question of whether … Continue reading