The International Criminal Court

Don’t forget to download from the dropbox the chapter on the International Criminal Court from ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ by the lawyer and human rights campaigner, Geoffrey Robertson.

How does the International Criminal Court work? What are some of the challenges and criticisms it faces?

2020-21 and background

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/role-international-criminal-court

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

https://www.theguardian.com/law/international-criminal-court

https://www.icc-cpi.int/pages/situation.aspx

https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/explore/icc-situations-and-cases

https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/

https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/icc-numbers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2020/09/13/as-the-international-criminal-court-faces-more-challengs-we-need-it-more-than-ever/?sh=286fa3881468

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/02/icc-sanctions-reversed-biden-478731

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38005282

https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_voa-news-china_icc-rejects-uighur-plea-investigation-china/6199574.html

https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/china-the-international-criminal-court-and-global-governance/

https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/myanmar-junta-orders-judges-to-ignore-correspondence-from-international-courts/

https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/news/20190305/malaysia-accedes-rome-statute-becoming-124th-member-international-criminal-court

https://asp.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/pages/the%20states%20parties%20to%20the%20rome%20statute.aspx

https://asp.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/pages/the%20states%20parties%20to%20the%20rome%20statute.aspx#:~:text=123%20countries%20are%20States%20Parties,Western%20European%20and%20other%20States.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/may/06/icc-sentences-ugandan-lords-resistance-army-leader-dominic-ongwen-to-25-years

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/27/time-step-icc

https://asp.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/asp_docs/ASP19/IER-Final-Report-ENG.pdf

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1071572

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210403-biden-lifts-us-sanctions-on-icc-officials-imposed-by-trump

https://blog.montaignecentre.com/the-international-criminal-court-at-18-years-things-to-watch-in-2020/

https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-international-criminal-court-independent-expert-review-questions-of-accountability-and-culture/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/china-denounces-peoples-tribunal-on-alleged-xinjiang-abuses-china-uyghurs-xinjiang-geoffrey-nice-muslim-b1853353.html

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/whats-wrong-with-the-icc/12363284

https://theconversation.com/what-next-for-the-troubled-international-criminal-court-129038

https://asp.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/asp_docs/ASP19/ICC-ASP-19-10-ENG-PPB-2021-31aug20-1530.pdf

2019

https://www.hrw.org/topic/international-justice/international-criminal-court

http://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/15/myanmar-rejects-icc-probe-into-alleged-crimes-against-rohingya

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/03/15/us-threatens-international-criminal-court

https://grojil.org/2019/02/04/can-top-italian-officials-be-prosecuted-and-tried-by-the-icc-for-complicity-in-the-crimes-committed-against-migrants-in-libya/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/icc-us-john-bolton-international-criminal-court-national-security-advisor-donald-trump-a8531701.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-administration-hague-judge-quits-united-nations-christoph-flugge-a8752031.html

https://www.icc-cpi.int/cases

https://jcpa.org/article/the-failure-of-the-international-criminal-court-icc/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344401955_The_International_Criminal_Court_The_Failure_of_Justice

More background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_indicted_in_the_International_Criminal_Court

https://www.icc-cpi.int/Publications/Joining-Rome-Statute-Matters.pdf

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-29532406

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda#:~:text=The%20International%20Criminal%20Tribunal%20for,in%20order%20to%20judge%20people

http://www.cfr.org/courts-and-tribunals/frequently-asked-questions-international-criminal-court/p8981

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2013/10/17-africa-international-criminal-court-kimenyi

http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/criticism-international-criminal-court-being-too-focussed-africa-misleading

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/blog/misguided-criticisms-of-the-international-criminal-court.html

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67768/david-kaye/whos-afraid-of-the-international-criminal-court

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/17/qa-syria-and-international-criminal-court#2

http://thediplomat.com/2012/12/china-and-the-icc/

https://www.hrw.org/topic/justice-internationale/international-criminal-court

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/31/exclusive-international-criminal-court-poised-to-open-investigation-into-war-crimes-in-afghanistan/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/world/africa/south-africa-international-criminal-court.html?_r=0

http://qz.com/820738/the-african-leaders-leaving-the-international-criminal-court-actually-have-a-chance-to-fix-it/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/world/africa/south-africa-international-criminal-court.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/world/africa/south-africa-international-criminal-court.html?_r=0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_indicted_in_the_International_Criminal_Court

http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/future-of-icc-in-doubt-after-african-countries-withdraw/

http://europe.newsweek.com/icc-international-criminal-court-africa-gambia-south-africa-burundi-515870?rm=eu

http://europe.newsweek.com/icc-international-criminal-court-africa-gambia-south-africa-burundi-515870?rm=eu

http://europe.newsweek.com/icc-international-criminal-court-africa-gambia-south-africa-burundi-515870?rm=eu

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/gambia-international-criminal-court-south-africa-burundi-withdrawal-rome-statute-a7381336.html

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/critiques-of-international-criminal-law-revisited-in-the-light-of-the-rome-statute/

Geoffrey Robertson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROj5QM0i2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBFonjPt298