Today, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Amnesty International release their report entitled ‘The Rome Statute at 40’ Based on an expert meeting organised end of 2020, the report contains key findings…
Since 2009, Northeast Nigeria has been the scene of an armed conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces, with serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights…
Amnesty International released its key recommendations for the seventeenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (‘ASP’) which we urge all states parties to consider and…
Since the International Law Commission (ILC) decided to include the subject ‘crimes against humanity’ into its long-term program of work in 2013 Amnesty International has been following the topic closely.
Amnesty International's recommendations to enhance the text of the Draft Articles on crimes against humanity, provisionally approved by the ILC in 2017.
Two decades after the end of the war, many of the estimated 20,000 women who had been subjected to sexual violence are still battling with the devastating consequences of these crimes. This report paints a bleak picture of the conditions in which many survivors live today and shows how a combination of factors has resulted in the failure of the authorities to provide the victims with meaningful justice and reparation for the crimes they suffered.
In June 2014, the African Union adopted the Malabo Protocol and called on AU member states to sign and ratify it. The Protocol extends the jurisdiction of the – yet to be established – African Court of Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) to try crimes under international law and transnational crimes. What are the legal and institutional implications of this proposal?
Amnesty International's comments and suggestions in relation to the Special Rapporteur's 3rd report on draft articles for a potential Convention on CAH.
