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Of Legal Reasoning and Wishful Thinking: The ICC and Gaza
In December, a well established Palestinian Human Rights organisation issued a Position Paper on whether the ICC should recognise the Palestinian’s Authority’s submission of a declaration to the OTP...
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Scoop: The ICC informs the Security Council of Sudan’s lack of Cooperation
Pre-Trial Chamber I issued a decision this week informing the Security Council on the lack of Cooperation from Sudan in the Harun and Ali Kushayb case. In itself, it’s not a surprising decision, given...
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Libya and the ICC: On the Legality of any Security Council Referral to the ICC
The UN Security Council resolution on Libya has received a lot of exposure in the past few days. Most notable international law blogs have commented upon it. I more strongly recommend Xavier Rauscher’s...
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A short Comment on Libya, Hypocrisy and Selective Outrage
I am usually not a big fan of “double-standard” discussions, which are usually the source of endless “why here and not there” debates, which are often ultimately excuses either for inaction or for...
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Why a Syria UNSC Referral to the ICC is not necessarily a good idea (and why...
I’ve so far stayed away from the online discussions on the draft resolution for a UN Security Council Referral of the Syria situation. My impression was that any comment on the content of the draft was...
View ArticleYou have just entered Narnia: ICC Appeals Chamber adopts the worst possible...
This morning, 6 May 2019, the Appeals Chamber issued its Judgment on the Appeal filed by Jordan against an 11 december 2017 decision by Pre-Trial Chamber II whereby it was found that Jordan failed to...
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