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ICC Prosecutor: On Film
ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo visits an unidentified post-conflict area in Africa Canadian Director Barry Stevens has come out with a film, Prosecutor, which examines the work of the ICC’s...
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International Criminal Law and Deterrence – A Pointless Endeavour?
Can the prospect of ending up in a courtroom really deter perpetrators of atrocities in conflicts? One of the main arguments of advocates of international criminal law is that indicting and trying...
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ICC Charges Four of Six Suspects in Kenya Situation
Protester cornered by Kenyan security forces during post-election violence (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) Yesterday, on the 23rd of January 2012, the Pre-Trial Chamber II (PTC II) of the International...
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Whither ICC Deterrence in Libya?
Abu Salim Prison in Libya (Photo: Sergey Ponomarev/AP) In recent years, advocates of the International Criminal Court have shifted away from justifying international justice through purely moral claims...
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Beyond ‘KONY2012′– Judgement Day and the Lubanga Verdict
(Photo: AFP) The ICC’s first-ever verdict is in. Any way you cut it, the guilty verdict issued today against Thomas Lubanga for his use of child soldiers is a landmark ruling. But will it have any...
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Lubanga and the Trouble with ICC Deterrence
This is piece was originally posted at Opinio Juris, which has organized a fascinating and thought-provoking virtual round-table on the Lubanga verdict and its legacy. Check out, inter alia,...
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The International Criminal Court and Deterrence – The ‘Lubanga Syndrome’
Niki Frencken joins JiC for this thoughtful post on deterrence in the wake of the Lubanga verdict. Niki is a freelance researcher, documentary maker and writer who has focused much of her work on...
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The ICC might not deter Mali’s Rebels – but it might deter the Government
(Photo: BBC) Last week, Fatou Bensouda, the chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warned Mali’s government that she could investigate alleged atrocities committed by the government’s...
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The ICC in the Central African Republic: The Death of Deterrence?
(Photo: Xavier Bourgois / AFP/ Getty Images) The Central African Republic (CAR) is “descending into chaos“. In the past few months, violence and instability in the country have proliferated. In...
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The ICC and Varieties of Deterrence
I recently attended an event, hosted by the Carr Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, to hear renowned scholar Beth Simmons and former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court...
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