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The International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences is holding its 12th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on "Assessing Patterns of TransnationalOrganized Crime, the International Criminal Responsibility of Non-State Actors, and the Effectiveness of the International Enforcement System". The cour […]

Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed an application by two individuals, Harkins and Edwards, who were resisting extradition to the United States. The issue of the death penalty was relatively secondary, because diplomatic assurances had been given by the Americans authorities and the Chamber considered these to be satisfactory, enjoying a […]

I’ve been meaning to write about David Scheffer’s book All the Missing Souls since it was issued late last year. Yesterday’s very favourable book review in the Financial Times by Philippe Sands brings it to the attention of readers here in the UK, and internationally, and prompts me to comment after an unusually lengthy winter break this year. As would be ex […]

Readers of the blog may have seen, from time to time, reference to scurrilous attacks from the blog named ‘UN Watch’.  On Friday, its headline story noted the third anniversary of the Goldstone Report, the colloquial label given to the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza war. It gloats over what it calls the retraction by Richard Goldstone of ‘ […]

To anyone who has followed the recent history of Rwanda, and particularly those familiar with the case law of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the name Leon Mugesera will be well-known. His role in fomenting the climate of anti-Tutsi hatred that led to the 1994 genocide is discussed in several of the judgments, notably the first major ruling o […]

Two recent developments highlight some of the interesting relationships between international criminal justice institutions and national legal systems. Yesterday, a Dutch Court ruled that three witnesses who had travelled to The Hague to testify in the Katanga trial have the right to apply for refugee status in the Netherlands. The ruling reverses an earlier […]

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued a ruling earlier this week that has the consequence of stripping Obama, Medvedev and Hu Jintao of their immunity before the Court. This would mean, for example, that charges could be introduced against President Obama for the conduct of US forces in Afghanistan (which is a State Party to the Rome […]

Warmest congratulations to Fatou Bensouda, of The Gambia, who has just been elected Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. This is a stellar achievement for Ms Bensouda, who has many years of experience in international criminal justice, including eight as Deputy-Prosecutor of the Court itself. Her election is being heralded as a gesture of reconcil […]

The Jus Post Bellum Project at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University has issued a call for papers for the Project's launch conference. The conference, entitled "'Jus-Post-Bellum': Mapping the normative foundations," will be held 31 May and 1 June 2012, in The Hague.  The organizers describe the Proje […]

The International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN) invites submissions for its 2012 Hague Conference:  The Lubanga Trial: Lessons Learned, March 8-9, 2012,  Den Haag Netherlands This conference offers undergraduate, graduate and law students, and early professionals/academics (generally within five years of terminal degree) studying or working in the f […]

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