Despite former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo’s absence, he continued to influence opposition party loyalties in the country.
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The ICC is meant to be a Court of last resort, to ensure justice for victims and to end impunity. It’s not living up to these promises.
For decades, international law did not allow one country to attack another that was using chemical weapons on its own people without UN approval. That’s changed, which means trouble for Syria.
Mechanisms to keep users safe from violent content may pose serious problems for international justice.
A standard element of international humanitarian law since 1899 should guide countries as they consider banning lethal autonomous weapons systems.
IS is a distinctive kind of threat – and the atrocities it’s committed demand a tailor-made form of justice.
The massacre of 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks in a few days in 1995 must never be forgotten.
An investigative work by journalist Judi Rever is an indictment, describing massacres committed by the Kagame regime so as to establish their qualification as a genocide.
Trump’s defense of harsh immigration tactics and dehumanizing language should ring alarm bells, according to two scholars who study how to prevent mass atrocities.
As reports of crimes against humanity mount, Colombia’s post-conflict justice system is still moving desperately slowly.
Writing about Rwanda sometimes gives the impression of crossing a minefield. It is not a question of controversies between researchers but of denunciation and intimidation.
It is shocking to see the extent to which humanitarian workers in Rwanda became regular eyewitnesses to violence, murder and large-scale massacres in 1994.
In mid-2015 the German Foreign Office after decades of denial seemingly acceded, in a very informal way, to labelling what had happened in South West Africa as genocide, is now backtracking.
Under the Rome Statute, court ordered reparations are available to victims after the accused is found guilty. In the case of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, this involves over 5,000 victims.
It’s still unclear whether Zimbabwe will manage an effective transition to participatory democracy and freedom. And the current signs are not encouraging.
The ICC has been criticised for not acting against South Africa after it failed to arrest Sudan’s president in 2015. But, the court actually acted sensibly given the challenges it faces.
Should France apologise for committing war-time atrocities?
Arguably Africa’s most powerful diplomatic player, South Africa is now backing out of the world’s most important mechanism for bringing war criminals to justice.
The South African government’s decision to withdraw from the ICC should not be seen in isolation. The African Union has called on its member states to withdraw from the court.
The trial of Chad’s former dictator could provide a template for prosecutions of other African despots. Its success could be seen as a victory for African justice over international approaches.
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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