Category Archives: Migration

Calling abuses against migrants in Libya what they are: war crimes and crimes against humanity

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Mark Kersten

The following is the second installment of a two-part guest post on atrocities against migrants by Alessandro Pizzuti and Alice Giannini. Alessadro is the co-founder of UpRights. Alice is a lawyer and PhD student in criminal law at the Universities of … Continue reading →

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Crimes against migrants and asylum seekers in Libya: Here’s how the ICC Has Jurisdiction

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Mark Kersten

Alessandro Pizzuti and Alice Giannini join JiC for this two-part guest post the International Criminal Court and its possible investigation into crimes committed against migrants in Libya. Alessadro is the co-founder of UpRights. Alice is a lawyer and PhD student in … Continue reading →

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Lost Justice: Across the Libyan desert, Shores and Depths of Central Mediterranean

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Mark Kersten

Salah Marghani joins us for this contribution to the ongoing symposium on Libya and International Justice. Salah is a lawyer and human rights activist. From November 2012 – August 2014, he was Libya’s Minister of Justice. His efforts for justice and … Continue reading →

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The ‘Fallen’ Miss Venezuela – The Sexualisation of the Venezuelan Tragedy

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Mark Kersten

The following is a guest-post by Noemí Pérez Vásquez, an independent human rights law consultant and PhD Candidate at SOAS, University of London. This blogpost and Noemí Pérez Vásquez’s attendance to the Siracusa Institute 19th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for … Continue reading →

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