Time for the ICC to Rethink Its Approach to Victims’ Legal Representation
September 21, 2017
In this first guest opinion piece, Michael Adams and Liz Evenson discuss the key findings of Human Rights Watch’s recent report: Who Will Stand for Us? Victims’ Legal Representation at the ICC in the Ongwen Case and Beyond.
Justice Delayed in Afghanistan: A failure of OTP preliminary examination?
September 18, 2017
As we launch our Human Rights in International Justice Project, Solomon Sacco, Deputy Director of Law and Policy, asks: will the ICC meet the demands for justice that we see from all over the world – from Palestine to Colombia; from Mexico to Georgia; from Libya to Cote D’Ivoire; from Afghanistan to the Philippines?
In recent weeks, more than 370,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh. Amnesty International has revealed new evidence pointing to a mass-scale scorched-earth campaign across northern Rakhine State, where Myanmar security forces and vigilante mobs are burning down entire Rohingya villages and shooting people at random as they try to flee.
Amicus Curiae on Access to Court for Allegations of Torture
September 13, 2017
Submissions to the ECHR as Amici Curiae by Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists on the interpretation of the right of access to court under article 6(1) ECHR, and in particular relating to limitations on access to court to claim redress for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment committed outside the jurisdiction of the State.
Libya: ICC arrest warrant raises hopes for justice
August 15, 2017
On 15 August, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the arrest of Mahmoud el-Werfelli, who is accused of war crimes for actions committed while he was Field Commander of the Special Forces Brigade (Al-Saiqa) affiliated to the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The long wait for Justice: accountability in the Central African Republic
January 11, 2017
Impunity in Central African Republic (CAR) not only denies justice to thousands of victims of human rights violations and abuses, it also continues to fuel instability and conflict.
