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ICC confirms jurisdiction in Libyan war crimes case

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Tuesday that the Court may exercise jurisdiction in the case of The Prosecutor v. Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri....

Domestic Courts and the States’ Obligation to Prevent Genocide and Serious Violations of IHL: The Brussels Court of Appe...

On 16 March 2026, the Brussels Court of Appeal (hereafter, the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment in summary proceedings (référé) concerning the alleged failure of the Belgi...

War Crimes without a War Crimes Statute? The Shajareh Tayyebeh Minab School Attack and the Possibility of Domestic Prose...

Introduction The initiation of criminal complaints concerning the attack by the US armed forces on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab has brought a doctrinal issue of di...

What does the Trump Administration Statement on Dismantling the ICC Really Mean?

International law experts respond to the Trump administration's campaign to "dismantle" the International Criminal Court. The post What does the Trump Administration Statement on D...

Ukraine and the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Redefining International Justice

The tribunal to prosecute Russia's crime of aggression seeks to close one of the most enduring gaps in international criminal law and strengthen the U.N. Charter. The post Ukraine...

Announcements: CfP Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict; CfP European Yearbook of Constitutional Law

1. Call for Papers: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict. The Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (JILPAC / HuV) invites submissions for it...

International Criminal Court orders ongoing detention of former Philippines president

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday ordered that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte remain in custody in The Hague. The judges found t...

Rights group warns of waning rights for victims after Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger exit ICC

Amnesty International on Thursday warned that Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s recent decision to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the Internation...

International Accountability for U.S. Crimes in the Caribbean and Pacific

If no one acts, U.S. crimes in the Caribbean and Pacific will embolden other bad actors and encourage more violations of international law. The post International Accountability f...

Genocide Modelling as Ladder and Ceiling: Ecocide and the Limits of the Rome Statute

When Arthur Galston coined the term ‘ecocide’ in 1970, the choice to model it on ‘genocide’ was deliberate; the etymological echo was designed to generate political leverage and si...

International Law and American Courts: Part Three — The Nation's First Decades

Operation Hellfire: A fun house mirror of international law

Given the current state of affairs of the world, it is rather timely to be contemplating what it would mean...

Announcements: Second World Approaches to International Law Webinar; CfP Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law; CfP...

1. Webinar on Second World Approaches to International Law. Exploring international law as a complex set of practices and ideas shaped by dominant discourses and their blind spots,...

War Crime Convictions in DR Congo for UN Experts’ Murders

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Syria’s Accountability Gap: The Najib Trial and the Case for the ICC

The first criminal trial against a senior Assad regime official comes at a time when Syria’s legal framework remains fragile. The post Syria’s Accountability Gap: The Najib Trial a...

Law should clearly define treason, war crimes, collaboration – lawyer

Legislation should clearly distinguish between war crimes and crimes related to collaborationism in accordance with international law, according to Inna Liniova, director of the Hu...

DRC files ICJ case against Rwanda over decades-long violence in Eastern Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday filed an application to bring proceedings against Rwanda over decades of war crimes and violence perpetrated in the DRC’s east....

The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Experts argue ICESCR applies in armed conflict and caution against broad claims of international humanitarian law as lex specialis. The post The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submissio...

ICC to begin Philippines ex-president Duterte’s trial in November

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday scheduled the trial of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to begin on November 30, marking the first time an Asian for...

International Law and American Courts: Part Two – The Framers' View

US launches campaign against International Criminal Court

The United States on Monday launched a sweeping campaign to “dismantle the threat” posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty. The actions, Secretary of State Ma...

One Step Forward, Two Steps Obscure: Jurisdiction over External Rules in M/T Heroic Idun (No.2)

On 27 May 2026, the ITLOS Special Chamber rendered its judgment in M/T Heroic Idun (No. 2). Brought by the Marshall Islands against Equatorial Guinea, the case concerns the lawfuln...

International court tells BBC of breakthrough in Sudan war crimes probe

The ICC has been looking into atrocities committed in Darfur over the past three years.

Starvation on Trial: Koblenz and the Case of Yarmouk

A trial in Germany concerning the siege of Yarmouk in Syria tests the application of universal jurisdiction to patterns of siege warfare and civilian deprivation. The post Starvat...