The international community has also failed to protect civilians in Syria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Myanmar and Ethiopia, a genocide expert writes.
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Donald Trump’s trial for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election will promote accountability – but could this show trial have a dangerous outcome, too?
The second world war showed that dignity had to be enshrined in law. Defining it in order to do so is no easy task.
The failure to hold the perpetrators of the Darfur genocide accountable has led to further instability in Sudan.
The International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have tried dozens of individuals. An investigation looks at how the accused experienced these trials.
The International Criminal Court sets a high bar for prosecuting heads of state for crimes committed while they are in power.
Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
The war’s one-year anniversary is eerily close to that of an EU report on the prevention of mass atrocities. Ten years later, its authors reflect on what the bloc could have done differently.
Many Khmer Rouge leaders died before they could be indicted, and attempts to prosecute other suspects were blocked by the Cambodian government. Now, attention is turning to the tribunal’s legacy.
Holding war crimes trials during active hostilities is rare. Proceedings in Ukraine also open the risk of Russian show trials, argues a law of war expert.
The first war crimes charges are being laid against Russian soldiers in Ukraine, but will the architects of the war face justice?
When it comes to war crimes in Ukraine, the Kremlin is intimately following the Syrian playbook. To prevent further atrocities, leaders must now draw the lessons from the conflict in Western Asia.
There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
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.
Vladimir Putin has a history of flattening cities in time of conflict. But alleged war crimes in Chechnya and Syria never resulted in charges, let alone prosecutions. Will Ukraine be any different?
Governments declined to take part in the Uyghur Tribunal’s investigation. But the body of scholarly evidence for its claims, and its ruling, is thorough and extensive.
Criminalising ecocide means its victims will be able to receive reparations, helping to rebuild destroyed ecosystems and communities.
More than 600,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. A new report says the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro are responsible for around half.
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.
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Adjunct Professor of Mass Atrocities Prevention, Georgetown University; University of Connecticut
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Professor of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Queen's University Belfast
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non-resident senior fellow Center for European Policy Analysis
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
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sociologue (Institut des mondes africains), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Tasmania
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor in International Law, NRF Research Chair in International Law, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Professor, Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria