The Impact of the Taylor Trial in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Annie Gell joins us with this guest-post on the impact of the Charles Taylor trial in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Annie is the Leonard H. Sandler fellow in the International Justice Program at Human...
View ArticleInternational Crimes, Local Justice: National Systems to End Impunity
Aminta Ossom joins JiC with this guest-post on the need for national accountability systems for international crimes in Sierra Leone and Ghana. Aminta is the 2012-2013 Crowley Fellow in International...
View ArticleInformation is Beautiful, International Criminal Justice Style
Kevin Jon Heller at Opinion Juris beat me to the punch, but this is most definitely worth sharing with JiC readers. Daniel McLaughlin, who has been a legal officer at the Extraordinary Chambers in the...
View ArticleNothing but Verdicts: The Purpose of Tribunals
On the verge of the final verdict in the Charles Taylor trial, Thijs B. Bouwknegt joins JiC for this critical examination of the role and purpose of international criminal tribunals. Thijs is a legal...
View ArticleOrbiting in Space – Suspended Justice in Sierra Leone
Laura Martin joins JiC for this timely and critical examination of the over-relieance of legal, retributive modes of justice in Sierra Leone. Laura is a currently Ph.D candidate in the Centre for...
View ArticleDespite Ups and Downs, the ICC is Here to Stay
Alex Whiting joins JiC for this guest-post putting the highs and lows of the ICC into historical and political perspective. Alex is a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School where he focuses on...
View ArticleWhen International Criminal Justice and FIFA Collide
FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, with former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. They may seem like...
View ArticleAddressing the Economic Dimensions of Mass Atrocities: International Criminal...
Prussian general and military theorist, Carl von Clausewitz (Photo: Quotessays.com) The past few decades have witnessed a burgeoning literature examining the economic dimensions of modern warfare....
View ArticleSymposium: Doing Justice to Truth in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
Today marks the launch of a symposium that I have convened with Jakob Holtermann on Humanity’s blog platform. Entitled Doing Justice to Truth in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals, the...
View ArticleNew Paper Alert! ‘Hybridization – A Spectrum of Creative Possibilities’
Something that came up when I searched “hybridity” in Google images At a time of great crisis challenge for the International Criminal Court, hybrid tribunals have come roaring back into fashion. But...
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