The following article was written to mark International Justice Day (17 July 2021) and is based on ongoing research I am conducting into the linkages between mass atrocities and transnational org...
Yesterday, I posted remarks that I gave to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya with respect to the nexus between international crimes and transnational organized crimes. My talk was based on o...
At a time of great crisis challenge for the International Criminal Court, hybrid tribunals have come roaring back into fashion. But what does it meant to be a hybrid court and how might the very ...
Earlier this month, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir took in the FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia. Bashir was among world leaders in the VIP section of Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow...
https://justiceinconflict.org/2018/07/31/on-the-human-rights-pitch-fifa-scores-an-own-goal/
They may seem like bizarre bedfellows, but the worlds of international criminal justice and football / soccer have collided on a number of rather awkward occasions. In light of all the hoopla fro...
https://justiceinconflict.org/2015/06/02/when-international-criminal-justice-and-fifa-collide/
Laura Martin joins JiC for this timely and critical examination of the over-relieance of legal, retributive modes of justice in Sierra Leone. Laura is a currently Ph.D candidate in the Centre for...
https://justiceinconflict.org/2013/10/28/orbiting-in-space-suspended-justice-in-sierra-leone/
On the verge of the final verdict in the Charles Taylor trial, Thijs B. Bouwknegt joins JiC for this critical examination of the role and purpose of international criminal tribunals. Thijs is...
https://justiceinconflict.org/2013/09/25/nothing-but-verdicts-the-purpose-of-tribunals/
Aminta Ossom joins JiC with this guest-post on the need for national accountability systems for international crimes in Sierra Leone and Ghana. Aminta is the 2012-2013 Crowley Fellow in Interna...
Annie Gell joins us with this guest-post on the impact of the Charles Taylor trial in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Annie is the Leonard H. Sandler fellow in the International Justice Program at Hum...
https://justiceinconflict.org/2012/07/26/the-impact-of-the-taylor-trial-in-sierra-leone-and-liberia/
The triumphant and celebratory rhetoric is in full bloom. Many have claimed that the guilty verdict for former Liberian President Charles Taylor was a huge victory, a milestone in the fight agai...
https://justiceinconflict.org/2012/04/28/charles-taylor-verdict-some-thoughts-and-controversies/