Confused Partisan Bluster won’t Bring Blair to Justice – Or Serve...
Former UK Tony Blair with former U.S. President George W. Bush (Photo: Jim Young / Reuters) There are many who dream of the day when former British prime minister Tony Blair faces a panel of judges and...
View ArticleLet’s Avoid Politicizing the Genocide Against Yazidis
Yazidi refugees present United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie with a banner as she arrived at a refugee camp in southern Turkey (Photo: Umit Bektas / Reuters) There...
View ArticleThat Time the Bush Administration (Probably) Kiboshed Iraq’s ICC Membership
An ISIS fighters waves a flag in Iraq (Photo: Reuters) In recent weeks, the internet has featured hundreds of articles exclaiming the need to investigate atrocities perpetrated in Iraq. Many continue...
View ArticleProsecuting War Crimes in Syria: Many Tribulations, But No Trials (Yet)
This article was originally published as a contribution to Cicero Magazine. You can find the original article here. Citizens of Aleppo salvage goods from an aid convoy that had recently been bombed....
View ArticleCalls to Prosecute War Crimes in Syria are Growing. Is international justice...
This article, originally published for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, focuses on the (very) imperfect options for justice and accountability in Syria. Much of this has been covered at JiC over...
View ArticleConfronting the Use of Child Soldiers in Iraq
Laura Nacyte joins JiC for this post on need for accountability for the use of child soldiers in Iraq. Laura is an MSc graduate of Global Security from the University of Glasgow where she wrote the...
View ArticleThe ICC’s Impact on National Justice – A Symposium
(Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun) This post introducing JiC’s joint symposium with EJIL:Talk! was written by Dapo Akande and Mark Kersten. Dapo is Professor of Public International Law, Fellow of Exeter...
View ArticleOptions on the Table: A Hybrid Tribunal to Prosecute ISIL fighters
Amr Jomaa joins JiC for this post on the possible means to prosecute Islamic State fighters for international crimes. Amr a Project Officer for the MENA division at the Centre for Humanitarian...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Justice – A New Feature of Middle East Politics?
Carnage and destruction is seen following a Taliban attack on a hospital in Qalat, Afghanistan, in 2019 (Photo: Reuters) With its landmark decision to authorize an investigation into Afghanistan, the...
View ArticleKilling Soleimani: A View through the Prism of International Human Rights
Marilena Stegbauer joins JiC for this guest-post on the killing of Qassim Soleimani. Marilena is a socio-legal researcher who strongly believes in promoting accountability for human rights violations...
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