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Will Americans be charged at the International Criminal Court for war crimes...
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is currently conducting a preliminary examination of crimes in Afghanistan which may well lead to a formal investigation against US nationals. What...
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The International Criminal Court and Africa: Time to move beyond
The nations of South Africa, Burundi and Gambia have all signaled their intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the court’s founding document, and as of recently, Russia has announced it intention...
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Dwindling Momentum for Collective Withdrawal
UN Photo/Eskinder DebebeSupport for the ICC at the 15th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the tactical move by the ASP President Sidiki Kaba, and internal changes in South Africa and...
View ArticleTrump, and Bannon and Draft Executive Orders... Oh My! The Future of US-ICC...
There is limited amount of information about future Trump administration policy towards the ICC. However, there are indicators of future ICC-Trump relations: a recent draft executive order, Trump...
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Responses to 5 "Alternative Facts" about the ICC
UN Photo/Rick BajornasThere are facts, and there are falsehoods. However, in the past month, the euphemism “alternative facts” has emerged to confuse the two, and there are few institutions more likely...
View ArticleRule of Law
In its December newsletter, President Lucinda Low of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) took a diplomatic but strong stance on the importance of continued American support for and...
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“The High Costs of Abandoning International Law” and Implications for the...
The Boston Globe recently published an article by Jeffrey D. Sachs titled “The high costs of abandoning international law.” Sachs explains the role of international law within the United States, and...
View ArticleSyria: When Atrocity Bears No Consequence
Written by Kalila M. JaegerThe founding of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was based on one simple precept: never again. The Nuremberg Trials, conducted in the first international justice...
View ArticleUS-ICC Advocacy Points from the ASIL Annual Meeting
At 9 AM, on April 13th, 2017, in the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, a panel for a session titled “International Law and the Trump Administration: National and International Security” was faced with a...
View ArticleAn Update on the Trump Administrations’ Approach to the ICC
The current administration has not set a new policy for the ICC; predictions about the future US-ICC relationship cannot be based on clear statements from the administration, because there are none....
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Reviewing "Détente scoffs at talk of International Criminal Court probe"
Recently, news outlets have speculated on potential ICC charges against the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity. The recent Washington Post article “Duterte scoffs at talk...
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A Supportive US Statement, a Divided Security Council: Analyzing Statements...
On Thursday, June 8, 2017, the Security Council met to hear ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s briefing on the Darfur situation. The situation had been referred to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) by...
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The Office of Global Criminal Justice: Why it matters.
On 17 July 2017 there were strong indications that the US States Department was planning to either close the Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) entirely, or to reassign its staff and...
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Iraqi 'Rehabilitation' Camps: A Possible Crime Against Humanity
The forcible removal and transfer of civilian populations, and detaining them constitutes a crime against humanity under the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute. Statute expresses the standing...
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Accountability of Foreign Fighters
The atrocities taking place in Iraq and Syria are a serious concern to the international community. Islamic State (IS) has inevitably caused generations of harm to the region, and the impacts are being...
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Carla Del Ponte: her resignation and why
On Sunday 6 August 2017, Carla Del Ponte resigned from the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (Commission). Her departure has been widely...
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The Hitman's Bodyguard: The ICC in American Popular Culture
Favorable treatment of The International Criminal Court (ICC) has begun to appear in American popular culture. In the last three months, this has happened in two thriller novels and a movie. This blog...
View ArticleThe ICC and Afghanistan: New Brief and Overview Products on the Prosecutor’s...
After completing the preliminary examination into the situation in Afghanistan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, submitted a Request for authorization from...
View ArticleThe Palestine-Israel Situation at the ICC: an update of the Prosecutor’s...
On January 16, 2015, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs, Fatou Bensouda, launched a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine to determine whether there is a...
View ArticleActivating the Crime of Aggression at the ICC in 2018
The development of the Crime of Aggression has involved a lengthy deliberation among civil society and governments which culminated in its approval by the Assembly of State Parties at the International...
View ArticleThe significance of the International Criminal Court: Celebrating the ICC’s...
On April 16 2018, as part of the global celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), AMICC held a moderated discussion on the importance and...
View ArticleAl Hassan Case at the ICC - Gender Crimes
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud ("Al Hassan"), a Malian national born on 19 September 1977, faced ICC charges of sexual and gender-based crimes. On 4 April 2018, he made his first...
View ArticleThe Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar and Possible ICC Jurisdiction
Since August 2017, Myanmar’s security forces have driven more than 670,000 Rohingyas to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, creating an enormous refugee crisis in the region. The forces allegedly committed...
View ArticleKofi Annan, the US and the International Criminal Court
Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, died on Saturday. The many who mourn him worldwide will remember this soft spoken,quietly determined and subtly skillful man with his great...
View ArticleICC Probe into Israeli-Palestinian Situation
As time drags on, Palestinian leaders and citizens become ever more eager to secure a formal investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague into alleged Israeli crimes against...
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