Category Archives: International Criminal Justice

The Africa-ICC Relationship – More and Less than Meets the Eye (Part 1)

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Mark Kersten

This is part one of a three-part series on the ICC-Africa relationship. Click here for part 2 and here for part 3. There is no point denying it. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has a problem with its relationship with … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, African Union (AU), International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, Justice | 22 Comments

Weighing Punishment and Peace: The Case of Colombia

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Mark Kersten

Louise Mallinder joins JiC for this timely essay on the need to weigh competing prerogatives in Colombia: negotiating a peaceful transition and achieving accountability. Louise is a Professor in international law and human rights at the Transitional Justice Institute, University … Continue reading →

Posted in Amnesty, Colombia, Complementarity, Guest Posts, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, Peace Negotiations, Peace Processes | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Lessons from Nuremberg: Why Obama Should Rethink His Gitmo Strategy

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Mark Kersten

JiC welcomes Jonathan Hafetz for this fascinating essay on the lessons the U.S. can and should learn from Nuremberg for its prosecution of alleged terrorists in Guantanamo Bay. Jonathan is Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall University and is … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts, International Criminal Justice, Terrorism, United States | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

On Darfur, the ICC Prosecutor Lays It Down

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Mark Kersten

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has always had something of a phobia of politics. The Court has a deep-seated fear of appearing to be political. The Rome Statute and only the Rome Statute, its prosecutors insist, informs its decision-making. Politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Darfur, ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, Office of the Prosecutor, Sudan | Tagged | 4 Comments

Innovating Justice: The Mobile Apps Aiming to Transform How We Respond to Situations of Mass Atrocity

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Barrie Sander

International criminal courts have often been a source of inspiration for technological innovation. At Nuremberg, the trial of the leading Nazis was facilitated by the creation of a pioneering interpretation machine by IBM, which enabled the simultaneous translation of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, International Criminal Justice, Journalism, Justice, Sexual Violence, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

What will define Bensouda’s tenure? We’re still waiting

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Mark Kersten

It has been three years since Fatou Bensouda assumed her position as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). When the Gambian lawyer took over the post from Luis Moreno-Ocampo, it was widely believed that she would strike the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fatou Bensouda, ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, Luis Moreno-Ocampo | 3 Comments

Bashir in South Africa: Defeat, Victory or Both for International Criminal Justice?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Mark Kersten

JiC is thrilled to welcome Kurt Mills for this guest-post on the implications of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to South Africa. Kurt is a Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights at the University of Glasgow and the author of … Continue reading →

Posted in African Union (AU), Darfur, Guest Posts, Human Rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, South Africa, Sudan | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Silver Linings: Bashir’s Visit to South Africa
 and its Implications for the ICC

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Mark Kersten

There has been much speculation over the controversial trip by Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir to South Africa this week and its implications for the International Criminal Court (ICC). Here are some of my thoughts on subject. This article was originally … Continue reading →

Posted in African Union (AU), Darfur, Genocide, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, South Africa | Tagged | 6 Comments

The ICC and ISIS: Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Mark Kersten

Over the past few weeks, JiC has covered issues pertaining to international justice and accountability in Syria and Iraq, including the wisdom of a United Nations Security Council referral of the Islamic State to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This … Continue reading →

Posted in ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, Iraq, ISIS, Justice, Libya, Libya and the ICC, Middle East, Syria, UN Security Council, War crimes | 11 Comments

Addressing the Economic Dimensions of Mass Atrocities: International Criminal Law’s Business or Blind Spot?

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Barrie Sander

The past few decades have witnessed a burgeoning literature examining the economic dimensions of modern warfare. Indeed, if Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz could argue in 1832 that war is merely a continuation of politics by other … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics of Conflict, ICC Prosecutor, ICTY, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Justice, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Justice, Special Court for SIerra Leone (SCSL) | 3 Comments