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Senussi Extradited to Libya: Some Thoughts on What it Means
The first images of Abdullah al-Senussi since the end of Libyan revolution littered social media sites yesterday as the Gaddafi regime’s “eyes and ears”, “blackbox” and “henchman” arrived in Libya...
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Buying Justice: The Cost of Justice in Libya
(Photo: Reuters) In my last post, I noted that there was little-to-no information, much less verified information, about what convinced Mauritania to extradite Muammar Gaddafi’s former right-hand man,...
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Distinctly Arab? Questions about Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring...
This is the second of a two-part post on transitional justice and the Arab Spring, by Kirsten Fisher. In her first post, Kirsten placed the Arab Spring and transitional justice in a historical context...
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A Quiet Injustice: Degenerating health conditions in the Gaza Strip
The following is a guest-post from Megan Norbert, who is currently the Legal Advisor for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip, as well as an external PhD Candidate at Tilburg...
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Intervention in Mali: Does R2P Apply?
James P. Rudolph joins us for this fascinating guest-post on the need to respond to the ongoing crisis in Mali. James is an attorney in Washington, D.C. and California where his work focuses on...
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How the ICC Could Still Get Senussi to The Hague
Abdullah al-Senussi upon his arrival in Tripoli after being extradited from Mauritania in September, 2012. As I write this, admissibility hearings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are ongoing....
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Rewards for Justice: The US Takes a Step Closer to the ICC
David Scheffer explaining the Rewards for Justice Program as it pertains to the ICTY It appears that the United States is inching towards a much closer legal, political and institutional relationship...
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A ‘Shot’ of Canada at the Nuremberg Trials
Dear readers, I recently had the unforgettable opportunity of visiting the premises of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunals, where senior officials of the Nazi regime – including Herman...
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The ICC to Investigate Libyan Rebel Crimes? We’ll See.
Fatou Bensouda (Photo: Reuters) Over the past few days, a number of individuals have contacted me to ask about a statement in which ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the United Nations Security...
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International Crimes, Local Justice: National Systems to End Impunity
Aminta Ossom joins JiC with this guest-post on the need for national accountability systems for international crimes in Sierra Leone and Ghana. Aminta is the 2012-2013 Crowley Fellow in International...
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Trading Justice for Temporary Peace: Not Just a Bad Idea?
(Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images) If the United Nations Security Council ever refers the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court, you can be certain that the referral will include a...
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When Alleged Perpetrators of Crimes Against Humanity…Have a Presidential Debate
Kenya ICC Imagine candidates in a presidential debate arguing over who should end up at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bizarre, right? Well, imagine no more; that is exactly what happened in...
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International Justice gets a dose of HARDtalk
Last week, the current President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Theodor Meron, appeared on BBC’s HARDtalk. Meron, a luminary in the world of international...
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A Bizarre Snowball’s Chance in Hell: Kenya Asks Security Council to Terminate...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta during meetings in London last week (Photo: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe) International criminal justice has had its share of bizarre moments. We’ve seen seemingly...
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Could the International Criminal Court be a Development Agency?
Teddy Nicholson joins JiC with this unique and insightful guest-post on the relationship between development and international criminal justice. A version of this piece was originally posted on the new...
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In the ICC’s Interest: Between ‘Pragmatism’ and ‘Idealism’?
(The International Criminal Court. Photo: Mark Kersten) It is a regular occurrence to hear how the International Criminal Court (ICC) serves the interests of of particular actors, be it warring...
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The Justice in and of Death
(Photo: filmjunk.com) Somewhere in Sudan, Ali Kushayb is recovering from injuries that very nearly took his life. Kushayb, a Janjaweed leader wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on...
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A Rebel’s Escape – An LRA Commander Tells His Story
Scott Ross joins JiC to report and share his thoughts on the story of Caesar Acellam, the rebel commander who defected from the Lord’s Resistance Army last year. Scott is the author of the blog...
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Syria: War is Looming, but is Justice Possible?
(Photo: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters) Dear readers, I wanted to share an op-ed I penned for the Globe and Mail on Syria and international criminal justice. It’s no secret that, over the past few days, the UK,...
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The ICC and Kenya Parting Ways? What it Means and What it Doesn’t.
UPDATE: Kenyan Parliament has now approved a motion to withdraw from the ICC. A bill will be introduced to this effect in 30 days. Opposition MPs boycotted the vote. For a new post on whether the vote...
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