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Establishing a Future for Reparations: Insights and Possible Consequences of the Lubanga Reparations Decision
Thomas Lubanga’s conviction opened the door for the first ICC decision on reparations. After a…More

Ongwen at the ICC and the Possible ‘Guilty Plea’: A Response to Alex Whiting
[cross-posted at http://cicj.org/?p=2136] In his two noteworthy posts on Dominic Ongwen’s possible ‘guilty plea’ at…More

Is a Plea Agreement for Dominic Ongwen a Good Idea?
Statements by Dominic Ongwen shortly after his capture (or was it a surrender?) suggest that…More

Drawing the ‘Hermit Kingdom’ out of its Shell: the North Korean Inquiry and Human Rights Accountability
Introduction After over a decade of reports alerting the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to…More

Sustainable Exit and Legacy of the International Criminal Court
Against the backdrop of closure of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals the theme of…More

ICC’s Intolerance of Impunity Does Not Make It an Enemy of Peace
The early years of the ICC saw great debate on the meaning of the “interests…More

Input, Output and ‘Local’ Acceptance: Analyzing Impact and Effects of the International Criminal Court
1. Background Over the past decade, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has produced diverse political…More

Paper: The Role of Outreach in Managing Perceptions of the ICC: A Viewpoint from Kenya
I Background Unlike the ad-hoc tribunals established before it, the International Criminal Court (ICC) established…More

Selections from “Unintended Positive Complementarity: Why ICC Investigations Increase Domestic Human Rights Prosecutions”
Only a dozen years after it began operations, the International Criminal Court finds itself in…More

Does the ICC Advance the Interests of Justice?
What exactly are the “interests of justice” in the context of the ICC? And should…More