Category Archives: Justice

Rewards for Justice: The US Takes a Step Closer to the ICC

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Mark Kersten

It appears that the United States is inching towards a much closer legal, political and institutional relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC). This may come as a surprise given that the US is currently mired in another tumultuous Presidential … Continue reading →

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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

Intervention in Mali: Does R2P Apply?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Mark Kersten

James P. Rudolph joins us for this fascinating guest-post on the need to respond to the ongoing crisis in Mali. James is an attorney in Washington, D.C. and California where his work focuses on international law. In this post he … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Mali, Responsibiltiy to Protect (R2P), UN Security Council, United Nations, War crimes | Tagged | 7 Comments

A Quiet Injustice: Degenerating health conditions in the Gaza Strip

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Mark Kersten

The following is a guest-post from Megan Norbert, who is currently the Legal Advisor for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip, as well as an external PhD Candidate at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. In this timely post Megan … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Justice, Palestine | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Distinctly Arab? Questions about Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring (Part II)

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Mark Kersten

This is the second of a two-part post on transitional justice and the Arab Spring, by Kirsten Fisher. In her first post, Kirsten placed the Arab Spring and transitional justice in a historical context and posed critical questions regarding how … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Guest Posts, International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice, Libya, Libya and the ICC, Middle East, Syria, Transitional Justice, Truth Commission, Tunisia | 2 Comments

Buying Justice: The Cost of Justice in Libya

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Mark Kersten

In my last post, I noted that there was little-to-no information, much less verified information, about what convinced Mauritania to extradite Muammar Gaddafi’s former right-hand man, Abdullah al-Senussi, to Libya. After being held in the capital of Nouakchott (in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Libya, Libya and the ICC, Mauritania | Tagged | 1 Comment

Senussi Extradited to Libya: Some Thoughts on What it Means

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Mark Kersten

The first images of Abdullah al-Senussi since the end of Libyan revolution littered social media sites yesterday as the Gaddafi regime’s “eyes and ears”, “blackbox” and “henchman” arrived in Libya after being extradited to Libya from Mauritania. There he was, somewhat … Continue reading →

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The US and the ICC: Why a Closer Relationship isn’t Necessarily a Good Thing

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Few issues have captured as much attention in the politics of international criminal justice as the relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United States. Indeed, it is ironic that as much, if not more, time has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Darfur, International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice, Libya, Libya and the ICC, Rome Statute ratifications, Uganda, United States | 19 Comments

Libya vs. The ICC: Stalemate over Saif and Senussi

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Mark Kersten

I recently had the opportunity to write a piece for the great folks at Think Africa Press on the ongoing battle between the ICC and Libya over the custody of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi. It covers much of … Continue reading →

Posted in Admissibility, Defense Counsel, ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice, Libya, Libya and the ICC | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Colombia and the International Criminal Court: New Prosecutor, New Standards?

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Mark Kersten

Mariana Rodriguez-Pareja and Salvador Herencia-Carrasco join us again for this guest-post on the ICC and Colombia. Mariana is the Director of the Human Rights Program at Asuntos del Sur. Salvador is an LL.M. University of Ottawa, a human rights lawyer based in … Continue reading →

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