By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny How much “artistic license” will be required to make the International Criminal Court appear fair, effective, and/or legitimate? We’re about to find out: Writer/director Hugo Blick plans…
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny The International Criminal Court marked International Women’s Day by doing the one thing it actually does well — i.e. issuing a strongly-worded, self-aggrandizing, yet ultimately futile press release:
في مقالة في صحيفة ميل اند قلوب الكندية بعنوان: “المدعي العام لمحكمة الجنايات الدولية تجاهد في اثبات اهمية المحكمة.” ذلك بالرغم من فشلها في قضايا كثيرة منها صرف النظر عن…
By Shawn Macomber Though the recent Globe and Mailstory “ICC’s Chief Prosecutor Fights to Prove the Institution’s Worth” exploits every available opportunity to cast International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in a sympathetic…
By Shawn Macomber In response to the recent awful-yet-sadly predictable video of Islamic State fighters destroying irreplaceable ancient artifacts in Mosul, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…
By Shawn Macomber The 2014/2015 Amnesty International Report declares “a roadmap towards silencing all guns in Africa must be embraced and driven forwards.” This, Amnesty naturally and sincerely believes, will…
By Shawn Macomber Ever wonder why the official International Criminal Court logo has a set of scales but no equivalent of the blindfolded “Lady Justice”? Kim Jong-un doesn’t — he…
By Shawn Macomber In a troubling report over at the Heritage Foundation entitled “U.S. Refusal to Ratify Rome Statute Vindicated by ICC Afghanistan Report,” Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves take…
By Ibtihal Khidir “The Chamber noted factors including the Prosecution’s admission that the evidentiary basis remains insufficient to support a conviction and the Prosecution’s concession that it remains speculative whether…
By Shawn Macomber It’s not as if one would expect the defense attorneys who secured the dismissal of various crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the International…