The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Putin may be a small, symbolic step towards justice, but in a world where accountability is as dead as the dodo, it’s a tune worth dancing to.
Ethical values should guide the definition of crimes and the creation of an international peace and police forces is key to effective law enforcement.
People and nations may disagree, they may commit crimes, but these antagonisms can be resolved in countless ways. Why war?
While the ICC is busy with sanctimonious show trials in the Global South, the need for a supranational criminal court that prosecutes corruption without fear and favour is rising.
The UN defines torture as cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Solitary confinement clearly reaches this bar, stripping prisoners of their rights to socialisation at the cost of their mental health.
Executing a human being is as coldblooded and premeditated as murder can get, writes Adrian Liberto
Here’s a look over the five key judicial branches of the European Union and how they are safeguarding justice across the block.
Appeasement is giving the school bully your lunch money in order to avoid being beaten up. In politics, however, it is more like giving the school bully someone else’s lunch money, to stop them from being picked on.
In this article, we will explore the three UN conventions that are designed to protect the laws of our seas: the UNCLOS, the ITLOS and ISA.
As long as international justice is left in the hands of nation states at the UN nothing will ever improve because self-interest will always win
Deluded people generally believe that they would have been on the right side of history, without ever really questioning whether they are on the right
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander largely responsible for the Srebrenica Massacre in 1995 lost his appeal with the special UN tribunal set up
In an article in last month’s issue of The Gordian, I highlighted some of the weaknesses of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the
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