The DRC is making a third attempt to bring Rwanda before the world’s highest court in relation to the violence in its eastern region.
- Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
Roger Lumbala offers a test case for France’s prosecution of atrocity crimes committed elsewhere.
For the vulnerable millions in eastern DRC, it is not enough that international courts exist.
Genocide is called ‘the crime of crimes’ because of its collective significance.
The curious case of the Danish spy chief and former minister may be over, but key questions about secrecy and democracy remain.
Les politiques délibérées mises en place par les États européens et soutenues par l'Union européenne conduisent directement à la mort des migrants.
Deliberate policies set in place by European states and supported by the European Union lead directly to migrant deaths.
For the ICC, the case against Paul Gicheru represents the possibility for the court to clock a win where so far it has only suffered losses.
The case raises the question of what happens when a court that’s designed to keep international peace starts assigning crippling damage awards.
The value of the rule of law is to challenge and constrain power. In this sense, the legacy of Habré’s trial and conviction is mixed.
The Danish government has been clear that it prioritises politics over the law when it comes to its citizens who left to join the caliphate.
The International court did not allow Dominic Ongwen’s background to colour the legal determination of his criminal liability.
The death of Phillip Mbuji Johansen highlights how courts fail to consider entrenched racial biases when they assess what amounts to ‘intent’.
Given the contested success of transitional justice in Rwanda, the arrest showcases the mixed record of international justice.
The ICC must not further destroy its credibility by cooperating with the sorts of bad actors who should be before a court themselves.
The Rohingya case before the International Court of Justice is politically and legally significant.
Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria may force Western states to finally address what to do with adherents of Islamic State. Here are the options.
Deux avocats ont déposé un rapport d’enquête à la procureure de la Cour pénale internationale, qualifiant la politique de l’UE en matière de migrations de crimes contre l’humanité.
The ICC may be the only institution capable of breaking the current legal impasse.
Ntaganda’s conviction represents real progress, and an actual significant victory, for the ICC.
La remise à la CPI de l’ancien dirigeant soudanais Omar al-Bashir pose la question d'une collaboration avec le régime actuel, dirigé par des officiers impliqués dans des génocides passés et meurtres récents de manifestants.
Cooperation with the Sudanese government to try al-Bashir could amount to legitimising those who themselves have been implicated in genocide
Acquittal bolsters an increasingly urgent conversation about how international criminal law is failing in its promise to hold leaders accountable
Sexual violence, a staple of war, has long been absent from international criminal law’s charge sheets.
Former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s fate will be sealed by the appeals judgment in a part domestic and international trial bringing closure to victims and human rights champions after a 20 years.
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