THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments on Wednesday against Russia, finding ...

Stacey-Leigh Manuel Published on Listen to Article United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January ...

The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 had attempted to resolve a previous era of religious wars and there began the development of ...

The ICC, which has a mandate to investigate and prosecute some of the most serious crimes under international law, is the ...

The IDF says it will not implement the government’s plan to forcibly move Palestinians to a camp in the south of the Gaza ...

On the morning of June 13, 2025, the city of Tehran was rocked by deafening explosions. An unexpected Israeli military ...

International Criminal Law is undergoing a dramatic development these days. This course seeks to present the most current state of this field and its place in the modern international legal system.

As it stands, the court only has jurisdiction to prosecute the crime of aggression against countries that recognize its ...

Russia's cabinet of ministers proposed draft bill No. 38726-8, which formally prohibits prisoners convicted of so-called ...

The growing number of domestic cases applying international criminal law is therefore to be welcomed, even if – or precisely because – it eventually results in fewer trials before the ICC in the ...

David J. Scheffer is senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), with a focus on international law and international criminal justice. Scheffer was the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman ...