Purging the Past: The Current State of Lustration Laws in the Former Communist Bloc

Lustration laws are used in the nations of the former communist bloc to determine whether suspected individuals collaborated with the former state security service. An overview is presented of the current status of such laws

The Facilitation Of National And International Accountability Mechanisms: The Creation Of The International Legal Assistance Consortium (Iliac)

In early 1997, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni\u27 assembled a group of individuals to discuss the creation of a set of guiding principles for combatting impunity for international crimes. The group included myself, Professor Michael Scharf,2 Professor Paul Williams,3 and Professor Madeline Morris

The ICC\u27s Role in Combatting the Destruction of Cultural Heritage

However, the case’s firm grounding in international law, and the clear connection between a category of cultural-property crimes and attempts at cultural erasure, challenges the notion that these are second-rate crimes. The case reinforces the legal principle that attacks on culture, like attacks against people, constitute war crimes subject to international criminal prosecution. The Al Mahdi case will be significant in determining how the international community should best deal with such abhorrent attacks in the future