The ICC’s grand ambitions and the tempestuous reality
By João Pires Tjitske Lingsma is a Dutch freelance journalist and author living in the Netherlands. Over the last few years, ...
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Month: December 2014
Palestinians turn to the UN rather than the ICC
By Justice Hub A draft resolution setting out a Palestinian timetable for a peace deal with Israel has been brought ...
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Does gender matter at the ASP?
“I’ve never had to do this before,” said one delegate to me - “specifically vote for a male candidate”. Because ...
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Insider: who’s competing at the ASP?
The Assembly of States Parties – the annual meeting of those who have signed up to the ICC – continues in New ...
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“Totally unacceptable”: ICC defence counsel budget cuts criticised
By Sophie van Leeuwen This week, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is talking about the ICC budget in New ...
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Will Bensouda ignore Senate torture report?
By Niklas Jakobsson Torture and human rights abuses. The world of International Justice exploded with reactions and analysis after the ...
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Behind the scenes at the ASP
The chocolate was really rather good: I grabbed the last truffle from the box circulating amongst the less fortunate: we ...
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Will the ICC crumble after Kenyatta decision?
By Niklas Jakobsson In a flurry of events last week, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta went from a man indicted by ...
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How impartial is the French ICC candidate judge?
By Sophie van Leeuwen and Selay Marius Kouassi A French diplomat wants to become a judge at the International Criminal ...
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The lesson the ICC shouldn’t learn in the wake of Kenyatta
The long-dithering case against Uhuru Kenyatta at the International Criminal Court (ICC) finally came to an unceremonious conclusion this past ...
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