Marlies Glasius is a lecturer in international relations at the University of Amsterdam. She is an editor of the Global Civil Society Yearbook, and author of The International Criminal Court: A Global Civil Society Achievement (Routledge, 2007).

Recent articles

Now is the time to begin to repair the weakness of the weapons clauses in the International Criminal Court Statute and get the threat or use of weapons of mass destruction defined as a crime, urges Marlies Glasius.

The multiple realities of poverty in India are a key arena where the arguments about global civil society are being tested, say the editors of the new edition of the Global Civil Society Yearbook.  

The allegations that war crimes were committed during Israel's attacks in Gaza focus attention on a possible role for the International Criminal Court. The debate on the issue - including in Israel itself - could benefit from greater clarity on what an ICC investigation would involve, says Marlies Glasius.

(This article was first published on 25 March 2009)

The International Criminal Court was set up in 1998 and began operation in 2003. How has it discharged its responsibilties in relation to states, civil-society groups and the victims of human-rights abuse? Marlies Glasius presents an interim report-card.

(This article was first published on 21 July 2008)

From Porto Alegre to anti-war movements, 2003 was a tumultuous year of political mobilisation. As the 2004 World Social Forum opens in Mumbai, will “global civil society” build an enduring space in support of a more humane form of globalisation?