Review December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 by International Justice Monitor From Spectators to Champions: How Supportive States Can Promote Cooperation with the ICC through Multilateral Bodies When Hashim Thaçi, president of Kosovo, learned last year of the arrest warrant against him for crimes against humanity and war crimes, he resigned from office and surrendered the next…
April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Tom Maliti The Privilege of Writing Many Firsts …Samoei Ruto, also had a case before the ICC. Ruto became the first serving deputy president to attend court at the ICC as an accused person. Ruto’s case was separate…
Review March 30, 2021May 6, 2021 by Mariana Pena IER Blog Series: Back to Basics – Improving ICC Investigations …affected communities for the design of completion strategies (para. 692). In addition, according to the report, completion plans must include modalities for cooperation with domestic jurisdictions in order to transfer…
Review March 29, 2021May 6, 2021 by Christian De Vos IER Blog Series: Preliminary Examinations and Complementarity …OTP” (paras. 693, 734-735). Positive complementarity should also be considered in the design of completion strategies (R265). Timelines and Benchmarks The IER’s endorsement of a “more systematic approach” to PE…
Review February 25, 2021May 6, 2021 by Mariana Pena IER Blog Series: The ICC’s Engagement with Local Communities …and investigations. There are several reasons why the court’s outreach efforts have fallen short – those include unjustified delays, a narrow geographical scope, reduced human and financial resources, overreliance on…
Review February 22, 2021May 6, 2021 by Fiona McKay IER Blog Series: Raising the Bar for ICC Judges’ Professional Development …incoming ICC judges. However well qualified, new judges cannot be expected to hit the ground running on every aspect of the court’s law and practice. They are required to have…
Review February 10, 2021May 6, 2021 by Maria Elena Vignoli IER Blog Series: Follow-up to the IER Report - What will it look like? …designating the individuals who will fill them. We understand that on February 5, the Bureau – the ASP’s leadership body – appointed the members of the Review Mechanism, following approval…
Guatemala Trials December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada The Future of War Crimes Prosecutions in Guatemala …human rights violations committed by the state during the 36-year internal armed conflict, including the Secretariat of Peace (SEPAZ) and the Presidential Human Rights Commission (COPREDEH). Attacks against the Specialized…
National Courts of Kenya December 10, 2020May 6, 2021 by Tom Maliti Kenyan Court Awards Four SGBV Survivors Four Million Shillings …are: Coalition on Violence Against Women ; Physicians for Human Rights ; the Independent Medico-Legal Unit; and the Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists . Four of the…
November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 by Ali Agab and Olivia Bueno Sudan’s Recent Amnesty Resolution Undermines the Prospects for Accountability and Peace …excluded. However, the resolution goes on to exclude those “against whom charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and gross violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian…