Category Archives: Syria

What an Honest UN Security Council Referral of ISIS to the ICC Would Look Like

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Mark Kersten

There has been a lot of chatter on the internet about the need to refer the Islamic State or ISIS / IS / ISIL to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In fact, the subject has received so much attention that … Continue reading →

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Canada vs ISIS: An Inscrutable Justice

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Asad Kiyani joins JiC for this post on Canada engagement against ISIS – and what it means for Canada’s role in the Middle East and the pursuit of international justice. Asad is a Doctoral Candidate at the UBC Faculty of Law and … Continue reading →

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Justice in Syria: If not the ICC, then What?  

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Proponents of international criminal justice seem to be searching in vain for perfect justice in Syria. Iva Vukusic joins JiC for this timely post exploring the options for justice in Syria. Iva is an analyst and researcher based in The Hague. She previously … Continue reading →

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What Counts as Evidence of Syria’s War Crimes?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been ‘investigating’ ongoing efforts by private non-governmental organizations to document and collect evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. The following is a snippet from an article that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice, Syria, UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, War crimes | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Laying the Law for a Future Syria

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Mark Kersten

The following is an interview conducted by Adrian Gallagher with Yasmine Nahlawi of the Syrian Legal Development Programme. Adrian is a lecturer at Leeds University and the author of Genocide and Its Threat to Contemporary International Order.  2015 will mark the 10th … Continue reading →

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Not Everyone Thinks the ICC in Syria is a Good Idea

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Not everyone thinks an intervention by the International Criminal Court would be conducive to peace. Professors Rianne Letschert and Marc Groenhuijsen of the International Victimology Institute at Tilburg Law School, argue that there is too little empirical evidence to suggest that the … Continue reading →

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Unnecessary & Counter-Productive: Samantha Power Explains US Position on ICC & Syria

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Yesterday, I highlighted Argentina’s eloquent and conscientious defence of the International Criminal Court’s integrity and independence in response to the Security Council’s failure to refer Syria to the ICC. Today, I want to focus on the response by the United States’ … Continue reading →

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Argentina Slams UN Security Council Over ICC Referral, Entrenching Selectivity

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Some of the best responses to both failed and successful UN Security Council resolutions are seldom read or heard because they come from small or middle-power states and because they get lost in the fray of big-power rhetoric. Just one … Continue reading →

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The Security Council’s Appalling Record of Referring Situations to the ICC

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Mark Kersten

With the backdrop of the failed referral of Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Jonathan O’Donohue joins JiC for this very timely and critical take on the Security Council’s record of (not) referring situations to the ICC. Jonathan is a … Continue reading →

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New article: “The International Criminal Court and the Politics of Prosecutions”

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Alana Tiemessen

I have a new article out in The International Journal of Human Rights that JiC readers might be interested in.*  If anyone does not have access to the journal through their library’s subscriptions, they are free to contact me for … Continue reading →

Posted in Gravity, ICC Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), Syria, UN Security Council, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 3 Comments