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The Geneva Conventions at 60

In this photo released by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger, center, pauses after crossing on foot from one side of the Litani River to the other...

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Anniversary: A Call to Disarm

By Katherine Iliopoulos On August 6th and 9th, 1945, for the first and only time in history, atomic bombs were used against mankind and dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

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Former ICTY Official Found Guilty of Contempt

By Katherine Iliopoulos   Florence Hartmann, a former spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, was found guilty of contempt of...

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The ICC Review Conference: A Briefing

By Anthony Dworkin   On Monday May 31, the states that have signed up to the International Criminal Court will meet for a major conference in Kampala, Uganda, to review the Court’s workings and...

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Obama Administration Announces Legal Basis for Drone Attacks

  By Anthony Dworkin   The Obama administration has responded to critics of its use of drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles) to target terrorist suspects in Pakistan and elsewhere by offering the first...

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Bangladesh: A Free and Fair War Crimes Tribunal?

Activists of “Daughters of Freedom Fighters” stand with a caricature of a war criminal to demand punishment, as others stand in a queue to pay tribute at the memorial for war heroes to mark the...

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The Taylor Trial: A Model for International Justice?

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor in court at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/POOL/Michael Kooren)   By Chris Stephen The arrival of Naomi...

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Cambodia: What Next for the Extraordinary Chambers?

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, commonly called the Khmer Rogue Court, in Phnom Penh (AP Photo/ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)   By Jessica Winch When Reach...

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Targeted Killings and the Al-Aulaqi Case

American citizen Nasser al-Aulaqi, alleged radical cleric and leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula   By Katherine Iliopoulos The phenomenon of ‘targeted killings’ has become an indelible feature...

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The Killing of Osama Bin Laden

(Photo U.S. Navy) By Dr. Louis René Beres August 2011 Under international law, can assassination, usually an incontestable crime, sometimes be construed as lawful, or even perhaps law-enforcing?  This...

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