International Law Archive
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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Contribution to reconciliation or victor’s justice?
Posted on May 26, 2014The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) faced an unprecedented challenge when it was established to address the crimes of a genocide that cost the lives of an estimated 800,000 ... -
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The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights: Ten years on and the doors are still closed to many Africans
Posted on March 4, 2014Ten years after its establishment in Arusha, Tanzania, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is still hampered by shortcomings that would render any court ineffective. Whilst the willingness ... -
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What are the Possible Legal Frameworks and Norms for an Intervention in Syria?
Posted on September 7, 2013The conflict in Syria has been in a state of constant escalation for two and a half years, with civilian displacement and casualties increasing ever further with no peaceful end ... -
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Syria: Intervention has consequences – Non-intervention, too
Posted on August 30, 2013Just as interventionists need to consider possible consequences of their actions, non-interventionists need to consider the possible consequences of their inaction. Recent days brought to the forefront a discussion that ... -
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Are amnesties morally and legally justified?
Posted on July 21, 2013The debate about the moral and legal implications of amnesties is probably as contested as no other topic in the field of conflict resolution. For academics the debate is first ... -
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The International Criminal Court: A Western tool used to dominate Africa?
Posted on May 21, 2013Not too long ago Bosco Ntaganda, alias “The Terminator”, walked into the US Embassy in Kigali and surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This admittedly surprising event shed ... -
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Welcome back to the Medieval World
Posted on April 26, 2013Immanuel Kant wrote in the late 18th century that his was an age of enlightenment. If he were alive today it is likely that he would have to adjust his ... -
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WMD: Three Letters that Caused Ten Years of Misery
Posted on March 26, 2013Ten years ago this month the ‘coalition of the willing’ entered Iraq to topple the Saddam Hussein regime, which they believed was renewing its ambitions to build ‘weapons of mass ... -
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Somali Piracy – Misguided Complacency by the International Community?
Posted on January 28, 2013This article was originally published in The Huffington Post. One of Somalia’s most prominent pirates, Mohamed Abdi Hassan alias Big Mouth, has announced his retirement. After eight years of capturing ... -
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Will the ICC restrain violence between Israel and Palestine?
Posted on December 9, 2012To the delight of many states and the dismay and indignation of some, Palestine has made a step forward on the international stage. Last week, the UN General Assembly accepted ...