It has been a fortnight of announcements, awards, and anniversaries. International criminal law has provided much of the music: from the latest announcement of US sanctions on the…

The text below is a reproduction of Prof Dr Claus Kreß’ keynote address at the 2026 Nuremberg Forum, as delivered on 7 October at Court Room 600, Nuremberg. As…

The United Nations Charter entered into force eighty years ago on 24 October 1945.  Eighty years is a long life for a world order. Empires,…

From July 7–9, 2025, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute convened a Special Session to address long-standing jurisdictional limitations over the crime of…

On June 25, 2025, Ukraine and the Council of Europe signed an agreement in Strasbourg to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (“Tribunal”).

As of Monday, a window of historic opportunity will be open for States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC Statute)…

The Special Session of the Assembly of States Parties on the review of the amendments on the crime of aggression is approaching (it is scheduled for 7-9…

Article 437 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code outlaws planning, preparation or initiation of an aggressive war or an armed conflict, conspiring for any such purpose…

In the wake of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the so far often neglected crime of aggression is receiving increased attention. While this attention is currently centred primarily on…

In this episode Philippa Webb, Marko Milanovic and I are joined by Rebecca Barber (Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect) and…