Introduction Paragraph 23 of the due diligence procedure adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in 2023 requires the Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM) to report…

The ICC removed a Prosecutor for misconduct. This December it elects six judges — after its own Advisory Committee reported that it could not complete the moral-character check…

Introduction On 9 June 2026, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued a decision in response to a request by a State for consultations under…

“…I understood that I had collided with the edge of the political universe in which the Tribunal was allowed to function” (Carla Del Ponte, Madame Prosecutor:…

On 12 July 2026, the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court in Port Sudan sentenced General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (‘Hemedti’), commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces…

Background On 23 October 2025, the International Criminal Court’s (‘ICC’) Pre-Trial Chamber I (‘PTC’) dismissed Duterte’s challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction. Duterte, to recall, was…

On 31 October 2025, the International Criminal Court (Court) confirmed reports that it is replacing its Microsoft Office Suite with openDesk– open-source software (OSS) developed by Germany’s…

On 5 September 2025, I interviewed Ambassador Päivi Kaukoranta, President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. It was a wide-ranging conversation in which…

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,…

On 6 October, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its much-anticipated Abd-Al-Rahman trial judgment, in which the defendant was convicted of crimes against humanity and…