Commentary
During ASP, suffering in ICC situation countries should not be forgotten
December begins in The Hague with the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the managerial oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court. The meeting of...
Read moreDetailsThe ICC’s Trust Fund for family visits for detainees: Calling on states to step up
By Judy Mionki and Kate Orlovsky, International Bar Association ICC & ICL Programme For most International Criminal Court (ICC) detainees at the Detention Unit in Scheveningen, The Hague, home is...
Read moreDetailsCover-up fears in the collapse of Kenya ICC cases as key lawyers deny being contacted
By Rosemary Tollo in The Hague An experts’ report about how the Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court collapsed has begun to unravel after it emerged that critical actors...
Read moreDetailsStarvation of civilians is a war crime, no matter the type of conflict
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague Is starving civilians in a civil war “less bad” than starving civilians in a war between states? Switzerland proposes to make the intentional starvation...
Read moreDetailsCharges in writing a precondition for meaningful ICC proceedings
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague It can be said about any meeting about complex issues that participants and observers must have read the documents that are being talked about,...
Read moreDetailsArticle 74 of Rome Statute goes against the natural sense of justice
By Thomas Verfuss in The Hague When two ICC judges acquitted Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé in January 2019, they were quite rightly accused of a violation of the...
Read moreDetailsCitizens petition to save an internet provider once crucial for international criminal justice
More than 50,000 inhabitants of The Netherlands have signed a petition to save their internet service provider XS4ALL, which was bought by former state monopolist KPN. XS4ALL is not only...
Read moreDetailsPompeo’s visa ban puts America on collision course with ICC and the UN
By Thomas Verfuss Visa restrictions slapped on staff of the International Criminal Court by the United States go beyond limiting travel opportunities; it could potentially put Washington on a collision...
Read moreDetailsThe European Union needs to withdraw from the upcoming joint summit
By Susan Kendi A global coalition of civil society organizations has challenged the European Union to put its money where its mouth is by pulling out of an Arab Summit...
Read moreDetailsTime for the ICC to lean in and listen to victims of atrocity crimes
During a recent High-Level Rome Statute anniversary event organised by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, REDRESS legal advisor Lorraine Smith van Lin spoke about victim participation at the ICC after 20...
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