War Crimes

Sri Lanka’s Evasion of Accountability Tests the Limits of the International Human Rights System

by Kumaravadivel Guruparan

Mar 1st, 2021

Emblematic Cases Expose the Long Road to Justice in Sri Lanka

by Bhavani Fonseka

Feb 22nd, 2021

Tamils – and Justice – Can’t Wait: The Need for Decisive UN Action on Sri Lanka

by Tasha Manoranjan

Feb 19th, 2021

US Can Restore Leadership on Human Rights by Promoting Accountability in Sri Lanka

by Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp and Duncan Pickard

Feb 18th, 2021

A Catalogue of Suffering Behind the Calls for Action on Sri Lanka’s War Crimes

by Daniela Gavshon

Feb 12th, 2021

The Human Rights Council Must Establish an Accountability Mechanism for Sri Lanka’s Victims

by Laurel E. Fletcher, Ashleigh Lussenden, Blaire Lee-Nakayama and Helena von Nagy

Feb 11th, 2021

Balancing the US Approach to the ICC

by Brian L. Cox

Feb 10th, 2021

US Re-Engagement in UN Human Rights Council Brings Influence, Leverage, Amb. Donahoe Says

by Beth Van Schaack

Feb 8th, 2021

Sri Lanka’s UN Efforts to Stave Off Justice for War Crimes

by Brad Adams

Feb 3rd, 2021

Spotlight on Sri Lanka as UN Human Rights Council Prepares Next Session

by Beth Van Schaack

Feb 1st, 2021

German Court Major Judgment on Foreign Officials’ Lack of Immunity in War Crimes Trials

by Claus Kress

Feb 1st, 2021

Reconsidering the Digitalization of International Criminal Justice

by Deyaa Alrwishdi

Jan 19th, 2021

Can a Pardon Be a War Crime?: When Pardons Themselves Violate the Laws of War

by Gabor Rona

Dec 24th, 2020

A Commander’s Duty to Punish War Crimes: Past U.S. Recognition

by Brian Finucane

Dec 4th, 2020

75 Years Ago at Nuremberg: Giving a Name to Crimes Against Humanity

by Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Nov 19th, 2020

Trump’s Executive Order on the ICC is Illegal, Not Just Shameful

by Carrie DeCell and Jameel Jaffer

Oct 13th, 2020

The Netherlands’ Action Against Syria: A New Path to Justice

by Alyssa Yamamoto and Balkees Jarrah

Sep 22nd, 2020

Asserting Their Jewish Identity: My Mother’s Testimony in the First Nazi War Crimes Trial, 75 Years Ago

by Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Sep 17th, 2020

The Int’l Criminal Court Executive Order: Global Reactions Compiled

by Beth Van Schaack

Sep 1st, 2020

Bashar al-Assad is Criminally Responsible for Syria’s COVID-19 Crisis

by Roger Lu Phillips and Layla Abi-Falah

Aug 5th, 2020

Can the International Criminal Court Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt?

by Uzay Yasar Aysev

Jul 30th, 2020

National Security at the United Nations This Week (July 3-10)

by Kamran King

Jul 10th, 2020

Trump’s Rationale for Attacking the ICC—Continuity with Bush and Obama’s War on Terrorism

by Luis Moreno Ocampo

Jun 25th, 2020

The Self-Defeating Executive Order Against the International Criminal Court

by Ambassador David Scheffer

Jun 12th, 2020

Ali Kushayb’s Arrest Highlights the Other Side of the U.S.–ICC Relationship

by Ben Batros

Jun 12th, 2020

Turkey Opened the Door to the European Court of Human Rights for Syrian Victims

by Roger Lu Phillips

May 20th, 2020

Beyond Reproach: Legal, Political, and Social Implications of the Recent Attack on a Maternity Ward in Afghanistan

by Mayesha Alam

May 19th, 2020

National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 25-May 1)

by Randle DeFalco

May 1st, 2020

COVID-19 and Humanitarian Access in Starvation-Affected Countries: Part 1 – Yemen

by Catriona Murdoch and Niriksha Sanghvi

Mar 26th, 2020

Is Pompeo Unintentionally Helping Out the International Criminal Court?

by Randle DeFalco

Mar 25th, 2020

Former Officials Challenge Pompeo’s Threats to the International Criminal Court

by Todd Buchwald, David M. Crane, Benjamin Ferencz, Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador David Scheffer and Clint Williamson

Mar 18th, 2020

The “Interests of Justice” at the ICC: A Continuing Mystery

by David Luban

Mar 17th, 2020