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La cour pénale internationale en l’an 2016 : Sauve-qui-peut !
- 6 janvier 2017
Quatorze ans après l’entrée en vigueur de son statut qui vise à « mettre un terme aux crimes les plus graves qui touchent la communauté internationale » et à mettre fin « à l’impunité des auteurs de ces crimes », …
EN SAVOIR PLUSW.E.B. Du Bois: From Global to Transnational Justice
- 7 avril 2016
By Inés Valdez
Theories of global justice spring from a genealogy of internationalism that includes the Parliament at The Hague, the League of Nations, and the United Nations. These theories rely on a conceptualization of the West as homogeneously affluent, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhat the Karadžić Verdict Means
- 30 mars 2016
Radovan Karadžić, the former president of the Bosnian Serb Republic and supreme commander of its armed forces during the 1992–95 war, was convicted on March 24th of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal …
EN SAVOIR PLUSSlow and Costly: The Crisis Confronting Internationalized Criminal Justice
- 6 mars 2016
By William Wiley
Internationalized criminal justice is in crisis — a crisis laid bare by the limited criminal-justice response to the conflict in Syria and, more widely, the struggles endured by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International …
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Missing Indictments in the Case of Maher Arar
- 10 septembre 2015
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have laid a criminal charge against George Salloum, director of the Far Falestin prison in Damascus, Syria, where Maher Arar was tortured in 2002-03. At the same time, the Mounties issued an …
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The Conservatives’ Controversial Case for War
- 26 mars 2015
The motion tabled in Parliament this week to extend Canada’s military engagement against the Islamic State (IS) sets a worrying precedent. The decision to expand the air war to Syria is grounded in a confused legality that blurs legitimate concerns …
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The ICTY at 20: Mission Accomplished?
- 29 mai 2013
by Rachel Kerr
On May 25, 2013, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia celebrated its twentieth anniversary. After 20 years and $2.2 billion, what has this extraordinary experiment in international criminal justice achieved? In The Hague, an exhibition …
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A Good Day for International Criminal Justice?
- 17 mai 2012
by Rachel Kerr
May 16, 2012 was an auspicious day for international criminal justice for two reasons. First, the Special Court for Sierra Leone heard statements from the Prosecutor and from former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his sentencing hearing. …
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