Category Archives: International Law

Where it all Began – Tracing the Birth of the ICC

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Mark Kersten

Katharina Neureiter joins JiC for this fascinating glimpse into the historical roots of the ICC. Katharina based on her Dissertation on Gustave Moynier’s proposal for an international criminal court. Katharina works as a journalist and consultant and blogs at www.hearabout.wordpress.com. The … Continue reading →

Posted in International Criminal Court (ICC), International Law | Tagged , | 2 Comments

A ‘Shot’ of Canada at the Nuremberg Trials

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Dear readers, I recently had the unforgettable opportunity of visiting the premises of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunals, where senior officials of the Nazi regime – including Herman Goering, Rudolph Hess and Albert Speer, amongst others – were tried following … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, International Law, Justice, Nuremberg, Nuremberg Trials | Tagged | 8 Comments

Outsourcing Justice to the ICC – What Should Be Done?

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Few issues have instigated as much controversy in the field of international criminal justice as the question of where International Criminal Court (ICC) indictees should be brought to justice. The majority of attention has been focused on instances when states … Continue reading →

Posted in Complementarity, ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Law, Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast and the ICC, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Uganda | 6 Comments

The Politics of International Criminal Justice – A Review

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Mark Kersten

While the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently celebrating its tenth year anniversary, we still know remarkably little about the Court’s relationship with the international community of states. This is not to say that scholarship has entirely overlooked how states … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, ICTY, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), International Law, Nuremberg, Nuremberg Trials | Tagged , | 1 Comment

How the ICC Could Still Get Senussi to The Hague

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Mark Kersten

As I write this, admissibility hearings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are ongoing. The hearings will play a major role in whether or not ICC judges ultimately accept Libya’s plans to try Abdullah al-Senussi, Gaddafi’s former spy chief and … Continue reading →

Posted in Admissibility, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Law, Justice, Libya, Libya and the ICC | Tagged | 5 Comments

Justice After the War: The ICC and Post-Gaddafi Libya

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Dear readers, I wanted to alert you to a new article I recently wrote and have posted at Academia.edu. The draft chapter, Justice After the War: The ICC and Post-Gaddafi Libya, was prepared for a forthcoming book edited by Kirsten … Continue reading →

Posted in Complementarity, Defense Counsel, ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Law, Libya, Libya and the ICC, The Tripoli Three (Tripoli3), Transitional Justice | 1 Comment

Prosecuting crimes against cultural property in Northern Mali: Why it Matters

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Jelia Sane joins us for this must-read post on the ICC’s investigation of cultural crimes in Mali. Jelia holds an LLM in Public International Law from University College London and has previously interned at the Appeals Chamber of the ICC, … Continue reading →

Posted in International Criminal Court (ICC), International Law, Mali | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

Music on Trial: Genocide and Musicians

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Mark Kersten

The following is a unique and fascinating guest-post by Catherine Baker,  a Lecturer in 20th Century History at the University of Hull (from August 2012). Catherine is the author of Sounds of the Borderland: Popular Music, War and Nationalism in Croatia … Continue reading →

Posted in Genocide, ICTY, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), International Law, Justice, Kenya | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Politics, a Poison for Justice?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Richard Dicker, the director of Human Rights Watch recently wrote an interesting op-ed in the New York Times, provocatively entitled ‘A Flawed Court in Need of Credibility‘. Ten years ago, when the treaty creating the International Criminal Court took effect, … Continue reading →

Posted in International Criminal Court (ICC), International Law, Malawi, Sudan | Tagged | 12 Comments

Diverging Trajectories: Social Media and #InternationalLaw

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Mark Kersten

This week, Opinio Juris has organized a symposium on social media and international law in the wake of KONY2012. There are already a number of thought-provoking posts up, including this prescient piece by Charli Carpenter (see here too). The following … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Advocacy, International Law, Social Media | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments