Heads of States Before the ICC

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Heads of States Before the ICC

05.04.2023

Dilara Karmen Yaman

On the 17th of March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC, Court) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights, for...

Cooperation Cherry-Picking at the ICC

21.03.2023

Franka Pues

On the 8th of March 2023, the Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision on the interim release of Maxime Mokom. While it held that...

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Mission Accomplished

12.09.2022

Yannic Körtgen

There are two things every development agency does when launching a new program: First, formulating a robust theory of change, and second, devising an exit strategy. These steps serve to...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Stocktaking of the International Criminal Court

15.07.2022

Michael Lysander Fremuth Konstantina Stavrou Andreas Sauermoser

We are extremely grateful to the editors of Völkerrechtsblog, especially, Miriam Nomanni and Raphael Oidtmann, for hosting this symposium. A big ‘thank you’ also goes to the contributors – Tom...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes

15.07.2022

Kim Thuy Seelinger

One metric by which the success or failure of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has often been measured is that of its record regarding sexual and gender-based crimes (SGBCs). This...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

The ICC at 20 and the Crime of Aggression

14.07.2022

Tom Dannenbaum

As the International Criminal Court (ICC) enters its third decade, the Court is at an inflection point. So, too, is the criminalization of aggression. However, while the catalyst for these...

Symposium
The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Towards an ‘International Criminal Evidence’?

14.07.2022

Yvonne McDermott Rees

Does the International Criminal Court (ICC) have an ‘evidence problem’? Recent practice would seem to suggest so. Numerous cases have been dismissed at the confirmation of charges stage, with the...

Symposium
The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

The End of an (Unsuccessful) Era?

13.07.2022

Gabriel M. Lentner

Much hope was put into the possibility of gaining jurisdiction over situations in States which are not party to the Rome Statute through the UN Security Council (UNSC) referral mechanism....

Symposium
The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Back to the Drawing Table!

13.07.2022

Harmen van der Wilt

It is fairly generally accepted amongst ICL-scholars that the success of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after being some 20 years in operation is not to be merely gauged by...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Referrals, Deferrals and Many Double Standards

12.07.2022

Lukas Emanuel Müller

The International Criminal Court’s (“ICC”) 20th birthday provides an opportunity to briefly recapitulate the troubled history of the relationship between the Security Council (“SC”) and the ICC. It all started...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

(In-)Sufficient Gravity of Cases before the International Criminal Court

12.07.2022

Ingrid Mitgutsch

According to article 17(1)(d) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Statute), ‘the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where [it is] not of sufficient gravity...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

Reflections on the International Criminal Trial Experience

11.07.2022

Damien Scalia

While the war in Ukraine is raging and many war crimes have been committed, the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, is presented as one of...

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The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court

‘An International Criminal Court […] is Hereby Established’

11.07.2022

Andreas Sauermoser Konstantina Stavrou

Benjamin Berell Ferencz, former prosecutor at the Nuremburg tribunal, once said ‘There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to...