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- International Criminal Law in Turmoil: Charting New Paths as They Unfold
The Complex Realities of International Criminal Justice’s Growing Domestic Practice
24.06.2026
Marie Wilmet
Damien Scalia
As we write this post, we reiterate our firm condemnation of the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide – such as in Gaza, the Middle East, South Sudan, and...
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Unanchoring Universality
31.10.2025
Since early September 2025, the United States (US) has been attacking vessels allegedly carrying drugs, killing at least 57 people to date. These extrajudicial killings raise numerous questions under both...
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At the Nexus of Reproductive Crimes and Torture
07.08.2025
Susann Aboueldahab
Alexandra Lily Kather
Akila Radhakrishnan
This post examines the case of Alaa M. to shed light on an often-forgotten dimension of gender-based crimes – reproductive violence. In an important new precedent, the Higher Regional Court...
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Historical Responsibility at Hammelsgasse 1
03.07.2025
Whenever Germany applies universal jurisdiction, abstract allusions to the country’s historical responsibility abound. Responsibility is a state of being; but eight decades after the end of the Second World War,...
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Der kurze Atem der deutschen Strafverfolgungsbehörden
13.05.2024
Deutschland beansprucht seit einigen Jahren eine Vorreiterrolle in der Strafverfolgung von Völkerstraftaten. Doch die Ermittlungspraxis zu internationalen Verbrechen in Belarus zeigt erneut: Dieser Anspruch gilt nicht für alle Situationen gleichermaßen....
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Progress or Patchwork?
17.01.2024
Germany has received widespread acclaim for its domestic implementation of international criminal law (ICL) in the German Code on Crimes against International Law (Völkerstrafgesetzbuch) and for completing multiple universal jurisdiction...
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Fortschritt oder Flickwerk?
17.01.2024
In Hinblick auf die kommunikative Offenheit der Verfahren hat die deutsche Strafjustiz die avisierte „Vorreiterrolle“ bei der Verfolgung von Völkerrechtsverbrechen bisher nicht einnehmen können. Anders als in anderen europäischen Staaten,...
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