International Criminal Law

ICC Turns Ten: A Measure of Justice

Kip Hale | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, American Bar Association, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, International Human Rights, International Law, Diplomacy, International Relations, International Criminal Court, International Humanitarian Law, World News
Kip Hale

In this tenth year of the ICC, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Court's progress in its primary mission: end impunity through the just rule of law.

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The Libya Trial -- Victor's Justice at the ICC?

Seth Engel | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Libya, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Kenya, Alassane Ouattara, International Law, Ivory Coast, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, International Criminal Court, Libya Criminal Court, International Criminal Court Libya, World News
Seth Engel

There are certain crimes -- be they war crimes or crimes against humanity -- that are illegal, no matter what your position in society or in which nation you reside.

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Referral of Libya Attacks to the ICC: Sweet, or Bittersweet?

Diane Marie Amann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Criminal Law, Africa, Moammar Gadhafi, Darfur, United Nations, William A. Schabas, Libya, United States, Sudan, Charles Jalloh, African Union, China, Accountability, International Criminal Court, Omar Al Bashir, Muammar Gaddafi, Icc, World News
Diane Marie Amann

It's to be hoped the Security Council's newfound spine will translate into helping the ICC as it endeavors to respond responsibly to yet another weighty referral.

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End the Burma Exception and Refer the Military Junta to the International Criminal Court

Andrea Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daw-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi, Aung San Suu Kyi, International Criminal Law, Burma, Myanmar, International Criminal Court, International-Criminal-Tribunal-for-Rwanda, Womens Rights, Burma Junta, World News
Andrea Friedman

Today sovereignty can no longer be a free pass to arbitrarily arrest, torture, rape and kill one's own people. The military junta in Burma should be no exception.

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