As the war in Iran escalates across the region, urgent questions about civilian harm, accountability and the limits of international law become harder to answer.
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The US initially supported the court’s creation, but has had ambivalent feelings towards it ever since then.
Six cases are testing international accountability mechanisms and showing how small countries like New Zealand can impact global justice.
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Though genocide survivors would ideally want Kabuga to be prosecuted in Rwanda, it won’t be possible, for legal or political reasons.
A case brought by the Gambia claims that Myanmar’s military committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
When faced with US rejection of international criminal justice, today’s supporters of the ICC often invoke the country’s Nuremberrg leadership. However, this notion is based on a distorted image of the 1945-46 trials.
Wars play a central role in increasing numbers of refugees worldwide. Is it time to think about a “destruction tax”?
Mechanisms to keep users safe from violent content may pose serious problems for international justice.
The UK is increasingly isolated in its claim to the Chagos Islands. If an international court finds in Mauritius’s favour, the implications could be huge.
How our work with Indian police is helping women and girls find justice.
Some worry the US is losing its global moral authority under the Trump administration. But a close look at history reveals US leadership is not as strong as it seems.
Eight decades after it was first mooted, the world needs a mechanism to prosecute cross-border terrorists in peacetime.
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.
How can the International Criminal Court serve justice in a climate of intense rumour and bitter suspicion?
Omar al-Bashir’s planned trip to New York to address a summit on sustainable development at the UN General Assembly involves considerable reputational risk for the US.
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Head of Human Rights, Principal Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Brunel University of London
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PhD Candidate in International Studies, University of Cambridge
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Professor in International Law, NRF Research Chair in International Law, University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law, Lund University
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Research Fellow, Monash University; The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Political Geography, Department of Geography, Newcastle University
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Professor of International Law, City St George's, University of London
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Historien et sociologue, directeur de recherche au CNRS, Centre Marc Bloch (Berlin), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Professor of Psychology, Western University