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A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. —US President Donald Trump via social media Modern international justice is the product of lessons learned from civilizational destruction. And the language of civilizational destruction has a particular resonance in international law. It [...]

 The South African Department of Defence on Friday announced an investigation into accusations that officials failed to follow President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instructions on Iran’s role in a multinational naval exercise. The ministry, led by Defence Minister Angie Motshekga, said its authorized Board of Inquiry must establish what occurred and submit a report within seven days [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Friday over the deepening human rights crisis in and around El Fasher in North Darfur, calling for civilians to be allowed to leave and to be protected by both warring parties. Through a press release, Türk stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on international actors to ensure accountability for the international crimes committed in Sudan on Monday, the 20th anniversary of the referral of the Darfur case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Despite the ongoing investigation, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan has continued to escalate. Civilians are targeted and killed, while [...]

President Vladimir Putin arrived on an official visit to Mongolia, the Kremlin announced Monday. This comes after an announcement made by the Kremlin last Thursday and marks Putin’s first journey to a member nation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since the court issued a warrant for his arrest in March 2023 over alleged war [...]

The current conflict engulfing Israel and Palestine raises significant issues of international law and policy. This is part one in an anticipated two-part series that will discuss some of the relevant legal questions before the International Criminal Court (ICC; Part I) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ; Part II).  With both courts located in [...]

South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) called Tuesday for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin should he enter the country for the upcoming BRICS Conference. Since March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has had an outstanding warrant for Putin’s arrest, which the DA now seeks to enforce. The DA filed an application [...]

The Sudanese government Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for cooperating on the trial of former militant leader Ali Kushayb who is accused of committing war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan. According to the Prosecutor, Kushyab was a top commander of [...]

One of the underlying rationales of the UN Charter, as highlighted in its preamble, is to ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind’. Any obvious statement in regards to Iran’s immediate reaction would be immature; however, it can be reasonably established that [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday announced that it will refer the Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations Security Council over its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir . The...