On Tuesday, 7 April 2026, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder. He is…

Commentators have long observed that international humanitarian law (IHL) — which is intended to limit human suffering in armed conflict — is often invoked by belligerents to legitimize,…

Since the outbreak of the hostilities on 7 October 2023, Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians from Gaza. 1,627 are being held by the Israel Prison Service (IPS)…

According to media reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing to force Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza and declare a…

In the last decades, Peru has undergone two significant transitions: one following the internal armed conflict of the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by the terrorist…

In this post I will discuss the complementarity objections expressed by Germany and some other participants in the ongoing ICC arrest warrant proceedings in the…

The recent announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking arrest warrants for leaders of both Israel and Hamas has sent shockwaves…

On May 2, 2024, Liberian President Joseph Boakai signed an executive order establishing a United Nations-backed war crimes court. This historic achievement is the culmination of years…

On 20 May 2024, the ICC Prosecutor requested arrest warrants against leaders of both Hamas and Israel. The key crime charged against the Israeli leaders,…

In his 20 May 2024 press statement announcing his intent to seek arrest warrants for Palestinian and Israeli figures, Prosecutor Karim Khan of the International…