Home Alone?
19.07.2024
Jona Höni
Yari-Lasse Jäger
On 20 May 2024 Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he was seeking arrest warrants against Hamas leaders Yayha Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri...
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A Tale of Two Conflicts
05.06.2024
On the morning of 20 May 2024, a legal earthquake sent its shockwaves through the world: The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) officially announced that it...
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Transboundary Elements of Crime
24.11.2023
On 12 October, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) addressed the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh in response to the Azerbaijani military operation that commenced...
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Heads of States Before the ICC
05.04.2023
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...
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Cooperation Cherry-Picking at the ICC
21.03.2023
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
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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- Symposium
- 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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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
15.07.2022
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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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
The ICC at 20 and the Crime of Aggression
14.07.2022
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...
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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Towards an ‘International Criminal Evidence’?
14.07.2022
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...
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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
The End of an (Unsuccessful) Era?
13.07.2022
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....
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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Back to the Drawing Table!
13.07.2022
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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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Referrals, Deferrals and Many Double Standards
12.07.2022
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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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
(In-)Sufficient Gravity of Cases before the International Criminal Court
12.07.2022
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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- Symposium
- The Past and Future of the International Criminal Court
Reflections on the International Criminal Trial Experience
11.07.2022
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...
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