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International Justice Day: Some Thoughts on The Year Ahead for the ICC
Greetings from Gulu, northern Uganda and happy International Justice Day to readers of Justice in Conflict! Predicting which issues the Court will face in the next year may be a futile effort. Who, at...
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ICC’s Next Top Prosecutor: In the Bag – AU Endorses Bensouda for ICC Prosecutor
It is increasingly likely that Fatou Bensouda will become the ICC's next top Prosecutor (Photo: VOA) No suprise here, but as reported (apparently exclusively) by IntLawGrrls, the African Union (AU) has...
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A Done Deal: Bensouda is Next ICC Prosecutor
Fatou Bensouda: the ICC's next top Prosecutor. According to Colum Lynch and a few other observers, Fatou Bensouda will become the next top Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. Earlier this...
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The ICC, Funding, and Bensouda: A Response from, and to, Dov Jacobs
Bensouda and Moreno-Ocampo (Photo: AP) Dov Jacobs, one of the sharpest and most thoughtful commentators on issues of international criminal law and justice, has a few new posts up at his must-read...
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JiC’s 2011 International Criminal Justice Awards!
2011 JiC International Criminal Justice Awards! For the pursuit and project of international criminal justice, 2011 has been nothing short of extraordinary. We will almost surely still be talking about...
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The ICC’s got an African Prosecutor: Does it Matter?
Fatou Bensouda Even since it became clear that Fatou Bensouda would succeed Luis Moreno-Ocampo as the ICC’s next top Prosecutor, I have wondered to what extent Bensouda‘s African background would...
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Does the ICC Need to Reconcile with Africa? Bensouda Comes Out Swinging
Photo: BBC Fatou Bensouda, incoming Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, has put threatening war criminals and defiant states on notice. In several recent public statements she has...
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Changing of the Guard: Bensouda In, Ocampo Out
Former Nuremberg Tribunal Prosecutor, Ben Ferencz and new ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda (Photo: CICC/Solal Gaillard) Fatou Bensouda has officially replaced Luis Moreno-Ocampo (who is off to FIFA!) as...
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Will the African Union and ICC Mend Fences? New leadership, less bad blood
The African Union summit, held this past week in Ethiopia, could have important implications for the ICC’s relationship with African states. Despite such strong support among African states in the Rome...
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The ICC in Mali: Just Another ICC Intervention in Africa?
A Malian refugee in Southern Mauritania (Photo: Abdelhak Senna / AFP – Getty Images) So there you have it: the first investigation opened by Fatou Bensouda, the ICC’s new Chief Prosecutor, will be in...
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Praise for Fatou Bensouda, in the Wake of Kenyatta and Muthaura
Kenyatta’s supporters celebrate his electoral victory (Photo: AFP/Getty) As readers are surely aware, it hasn’t been a good week for the International Criminal Court (ICC). First, ICC indictee Uhuru...
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Backstage at the ICC: A Review of ‘The Court’
The Court, a documentary by Michele Gentile and Marcus Vetter. To many, if not most, the International Criminal Court (ICC) still looms like an impenetrable institution where the decisions made and...
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Why the ICC Won’t Prosecute Museveni
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (Photo: Daily Post) Anyone who has visited and spoken to the citizens of northern Uganda will be well aware of the harrowing...
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The ICC in Palestine: Be Careful What You Wish For
Kevin Jon Heller joins JiC for this second post in our symposium on Palestine and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Kevin surely needs no introduction to readers of JiC, but, just in case, he is...
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What will define Bensouda’s tenure? We’re still waiting
Fatou Bensouda with her predecessor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo (Photo: ICC) It has been three years since Fatou Bensouda assumed her position as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)....
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“Without Fear or Favour” – An Interview with the ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
Shehzad Charania joins JiC for this article reviewing his recent interview with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda. Shehzad is the Legal Advisor and Head of the...
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