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Published in: openSecuritySyria: the threats, costs, claims and livesWhat the civil war in Syria has exposed is that the massive political and social transformation, and real regime...
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Published in: openSecurityIsrael's loopy logic of exoneration
Israel's recent 'update' on military investigations into civilian deaths in Gaza last November is an affirmation of...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Hague Jolie Declaration: ending impunity for sexual crimes in conflict?
Anna Bragga interviews international criminal and human rights lawyer Hugo Charlton on the evolving efforts to...
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Published in: openSecurityKenyatta in State House: what's next for Kenya and the ICC?
Kenyatta's election as president of Kenya could have important implications for the ICC process as well as Kenya's...
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Published in: openSecurityPrivate security's new accountability regime?
The professionalisation of entrepreneurs in violence into a legitimate 'private security' industry provokes profound...
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Published in: openSecurityHow the Commons can break the silence over Halabja
The British Parliament is set to debate the political recognition of Saddam Hussein's campaign against the Kurds as...
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Published in: openSecurityA shot at utopia: assessing Lebanon's challenges in the race for Mediterranean oil wealth
Lebanon's plans to harnass the vast oil and gas reserves off its shores already reveal familiar echoes of past...
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Published in: openSecurityConflict at the EU's southern borders: the Sahel crisis
Gradually, EU systems of governance have extended into the southern Mediterranean, linking dynamics in the Sahel...
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Published in: openSecurityStudent remembrance triggers Tamil rebirth
Strong geostrategic interests in the Indian Ocean may tacitly have condemned the Tamils of Sri Lanka to death on a...
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Published in: HomeThe US must explain its postponement of a crucial NPT conference
Precious time has been lost in working for a stable regime in the Middle East that rids the region of all weapons of...
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Published in: openSecuritySyria - a bleak year ahead
Over 60,000 people have been killed in Syria. What prospects face the beleaguered country in 2013?
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Published in: openSecurityA tribunal exposed: leaked correspondence suggests a "disturbing pattern" that risks a miscarriage of justice
The domestic tribunal created to end the culture of impunity following the 1971 independence war continues to lose...
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Published in: openSecurityThe collapse of Transitional Justice
The acquittal of two Croatian generals by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia undermines...
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Published in: HomeSyria, the last chance
The pace of events in Syria is reinforcing the case for western military intervention. There is still - just - time...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom periphery to centre: Israel's legitimacy, Palestine's UN bid, and the ICC
Palestine's newly accorded observer status at the UN General Assembly is only the latest move in an ambitious gamble...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Arctic: treasure in the vacuum
The geopolitical scramble to exploit the resource wealth unearthed by climate change exposes enduring classic...
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Published in: HomeSupranational courts and cosmopolitan norms as agents of change
To the chagrin of many committed Realists, states today operate in an indubitably ethical environment influenced by...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom transitional justice mechanism to monumental revenge: the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sinks to new lows
The Bangladeshi International War Crimes Tribunal quickly became a stage for political interference and...
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Published in: openSecurityRemembrance Sunday and Britain's nuclear posture
Silence has become a national means to commemorate the wartime fallen. But the public's silence over a new...
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Published in: openSecurityFor the sake of justice, the ICC must reject Libya's admissibility challenge
The new regime in Libya claims the capacity and the will to see those who perpetrated atrocities under the old...
