by Sean Watts, Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 4, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – A War Crimes Primer on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict More than a month into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, allegations of war crimes have proliferated from media, advocacy groups, international organizations, and even States....
by Steve Szymanski, Peter C. Combe | Apr 1, 2022
The Siren Song of Universal Jurisdiction: A Cautionary Note In the face of the humanitarian crises and government abuses in the Syrian Civil War, the German Office of the Federal Prosecutor General initiated prosecution against a number of Syrian officials for a range...
by Noëlle Quénivet | Mar 30, 2022
Command Responsibility and the Ukraine Conflict The news on the conflict in Ukraine is replete with violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), conveying the impression that soldiers have either been ordered to commit these crimes or have been allowed to do so...
by Adam Oler | Mar 21, 2022
Portending Genocide in Ukraine? As Russian forces continue their brutal invasion of Ukraine, worrisome signs are emerging about the prospect of genocide. While the term is used rather freely in the media, the prospect of actual genocide returning to Europe for the...
by Diane Marie Amann | Mar 18, 2022
Time for a New War Crimes Commission? The shock of invasion remains fresh and raw. And yet it must cede room for new shocks, for the quotidian tremors caused by reports that Russian troops have shelled homes and maternity hospitals, dropped cluster bombs on schools,...
by Ori Pomson | Mar 17, 2022
The ICJ’s Provisional Measures Order: Unprecedented On March 16, 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its provisional measures order in the application brought by Ukraine against Russia under the Genocide Convention, arguing, inter alia, that...
