Forty years of data suggests atrocities are on the rise globally.
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Six scholars with experience in 15 countries provide lessons on best practices for documenting atrocities and elevating the voices of victims and survivors.
Horrific allegations of gang rape and reports of the targeting of reproductive facilities have alarmed the international community, but sadly, the strategy is not new.
While overall atrocities declined last year, they came down from one of the worst years on record. Meanwhile, a number of areas actually got worse in 2024.
Bearing witness to the displaced victims of the Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Be'eri carries a burden of responsibility to observe and document
Palestine remains the single issue on which South Africa’s support for a people’s struggle has been unquestionably consistent.
An expert on rape during war examines the emerging evidence from Ukraine that Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women and explains the role rape plays in conflicts.
None of the available methods for holding Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable are likely to actually punish him, and they may even make new atrocities more likely.
German’s commitment of €1.1bn for development projects in Namibia over 30 years is too cheap a price to pay for remorse.
The court’s decision has wider implications for international criminal law.
The African Union’s staunch support for al-Bashir, cloaked in criticism of the International Criminal Court, denied justice to the millions affected by the conflict in Sudan.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a scholar of mass atrocities explains the power of Holocaust images and why these images, despite critiques, ‘humanize suffering’ rather than ‘dehumanize victims.’
Scientific advances are allowing forensic archaeologists to shed light on mysteries long thought unsolvable.
The NATO-led military intervention in Libya has just fuelled more violence.
Cooperation with the Sudanese government to try al-Bashir could amount to legitimising those who themselves have been implicated in genocide
The recent acquittals should be seen as a vindication of the ICC as an independent and impartial judicial institution.
Controversy around Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues in death as it did in life.
Despite former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo’s absence, he continued to influence opposition party loyalties in the country.
The third repatriation of human remains in August this year was another missed opportunity for reconciliation between Germany and Namibia.
IS is a distinctive kind of threat – and the atrocities it’s committed demand a tailor-made form of justice.
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Professor in Political Science, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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PhD Candidate, Kent Law School, University of Kent
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Teaching Fellow in Law, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria
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Associate Lecturer in Development Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor in International Law, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor in International Law, NRF Research Chair in International Law, University of Johannesburg
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Scientia Professor, UNSW
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Researcher and founder member of the History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair in Feminist Media Studies, University of Strathclyde