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Legal news often make fewer headlines on what is — or isn’t — happening on the political or humanitarian front in conflict regions. Yet, important developments continue to occur across all continents.
The world urgently needs a public mobilization around humanitarian law and the necessity of maintaining minimum standards of humanity in war.
The new U.S. administration is targeting both the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Geneva Conventions, as evidenced by the new Secretary of Defense’s stance on international humanitarian law. It is time to wake up, writes Alain Werner.
For decades, hope for justice for victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria could be found neither in Syrian courts nor in international tribunals.
The dramatic fall of the Syrian regime ten days ago has once again highlighted the growing importance of national jurisdictions in prosecuting the most serious international crimes.
The ICC has attracted global attention with its spectacular arrest warrants against Putin and Netanyahu. However, the return of the Republicans in the United States might seal the ICC’s future inability to act.
n 17 October 2024, the ECOWAS Court rendered its decision on Liberia’s failure to investigate the Lutheran Church massacre.
During his visit to Geneva in early October, Civitas Maxima had the pleasure and honor of welcoming Juan Garcés, a Spanish lawyer and former advisor to President Salvador Allende.
Actions to halt the war, stop arms exports, and prosecute perpetrators of crimes: the tragic events that have unfolded since October 7, 2023, in Israel and Palestine have triggered a historically unprecedented wave of global judicial activity.
Anyone working to deliver justice for victims of international crimes knows that the judicial process can be hindered by political considerations at every stage. Recent news has once again reminded us of this harsh truth.
My paternal grandfather, Genevan judge Henri Werner, always insisted on the imperative need for justice to deal, first and foremost, with local matters that concern it.
The International Criminal Court is unable to try high political figures, under arrest warrants, without their physical presence. This limits its action. Although, a recent development could help change the current system.
