by Shane Reeves, Sean Watts | Nov 24, 2020
Military Considerations and the Ntaganda “Attack” Question This post concludes our series featuring the International Criminal Court’s recent hearings on the legal notion of “attack.” As co-editors-in-chief, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude...
by Agnieszka Jachec-Neale | Nov 19, 2020
The Unintended Consequences of International Court Decisions In response to a prosecution appeal in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently considering the meaning of “attack” under the Rome Statute. The...
by Eian Katz, Milena Sterio, Jonathan Worboys | Nov 17, 2020
“Attacks” against Hospitals and Cultural Property: Broad in Time, Broad in Substance On behalf of the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG), we recently filed an amicus curiae brief with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the appellate case...
by Dick Jackson | Nov 11, 2020
Motive and Control in Defining Attacks In the appellate case of The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court asked for briefs from “qualified publicists with the requisite expertise, who are interested in submitting...
by Heather Tregle, Durward Johnson, John Cherry | Nov 6, 2020
The U.S. Landmine Policy Complies with International Law In late January, the United States replaced the Obama Administration’s 2016 landmine policy, which was first introduced in 2014. That policy had proscribed the use of antipersonnel landmines beyond the...
by Christof Heyns, Stuart Casey-Maslen, Thomas Probert | Nov 3, 2020
The Definition of an “Attack” under the Law of Armed Conflict As in any branch of international law, examining the meaning of a law of armed conflict (LOAC) term, and its incorporation in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, should look first to the...
