Tag Archives: ICC

Yemen: Western arms being used for ICC crimes?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by commscicc

Civil society is calling on arms-producing governments to stop supplying weapons potentially being used to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in Yemen, where mounting civilian deaths and casualties have prompted the UN human rights chief to call for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The ICC’s role in prosecuting and deterring war crime attacks on cultural heritage

Posted on August 10, 2016 by commscicc

In anticipation of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) upcoming trial against Mr. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, its first to focus on the war crime of attacks against cultural heritage, the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, its International … Continue reading →

Posted in Cases, cultural heritage, ICC, Investigations, Mali, Mali, Rome Statute, Uncategorized, war crimes | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Colombia’s constrained peace process: how courts alter peace-making

Posted on July 29, 2016 by commscicc

In this post from Open Democracy, Sandra Broda, Courtney Hillebrecht and Alexandra Huneeus present the impact both domestic and international courts have on the local peace-making process in Colombia. The authors illustrate the growing significance of international courts in peace-making and warn of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, ICC, Rome Statute, Uncategorized, war crimes | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Eight key moments in International Criminal Court history

Posted on July 15, 2016 by commscicc

As the Rome Statute enters its 19th year with 124 countries now party to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) founding treaty, the success of the ICC and Rome Statute system of international justice is more crucial than ever before as … Continue reading →

Posted in Al-Bashir, Al-Bashir, Bemba, Cases, Côte d'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Central African Republic, Darfur, Darfur (Sudan), Democratic Republic of Congo, genocide, georgia, ICC, Investigations, Ituri, Kenya, Kenyatta, L. Gbagbo, Lubanga, Mali, Mali, MENA, Ongwen, Rome Statute, Ruto/Sang, Sudan, Uganda, Uganda, Uncategorized, war crimes | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Georgia: A test case for the ICC’s future

Posted on February 23, 2016 by commscicc

In this guest post from the International Justice Monitor, Nika Jeiranashvili of the Open Society Georgia Foundation outlines the high stakes for the recently-opened ICC investigation into the 2008 South Ossetian conflict, arguing that both Georgia and Russia have much … Continue reading →

Posted in georgia, ICC, war crimes | Tagged , | Leave a comment