Fragmentation or stabilisation? Recent case law on the crime of genocide in light of the 2007 judgement of the International Court of Justice

The 2007 judgement of the International Court of Justice in the Bosnia v. Serbia case was the first substantial consideration of Art. 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention by the world court. The article examines the reception of the judgement by other courts and tribunals

Blending Criminal Procedure at the \u3cem\u3eAd Hoc\u3c/em\u3e Tribunals

Review of International Criminal Evidence by Richard May & Marieke Wierd

International Law And Abolition Of The Death Penalty: Recent Developments

As a goal for civilized nations, abolition of the death penalty was promoted during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\u27 in 1948. It found, however, that expression was only implicit in the recognition of what international human rights law designated the right to life; the same approach was taken in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, adopted May 4, 1948

Aggression and international human rights law

Exploring the Frontiers of International La

The special adviser on the prevention of genocide and his inscrutable mandate

Exploring the Frontiers of International La

The Human Right to peace

Recognition of the human right to peace provides an important link to international criminal law in that it underpins the crime of aggression. The article discusses how the right has developed within the context of debates about amendments to the Rome Statute

Al Mahdi has been convicted of a crime he did not commit

The International Criminal Court convicted Al Mahdi of offences relating to cultural property under a provision of the Rome Statute that does not apply to the facts in the case. Broader issues arise about the uneven application of international criminal law to combatants depending upon whether they are government or rebels in the context of non-international armed conflicts