Kerttuli Lingenfelter

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Kerttuli Lingenfelter is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.

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International Law’s Problem of Evil

This post continues the series International Law in the Current Moment.  “It is no more possible to continue doing law in an intellectually respectable way once the metaphysic is gone, than to continue worship once God is dead. Law is like God—here. And once you say that God is just a bunch of…

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The ICC Prosecutor’s Slavery Crimes Policy and Practice Between Conviction and Convenience

In December 2024, the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor (‘OTP’ or ‘Prosecutor’) adopted a Slavery Crimes Policy (‘Policy’). The Policy communicates the Prosecutor’s commitment to prioritizing investigations concerning contemporary slavery. It envisions a role for the Prosecutor in curbing slavery crimes through the pursuit of criminal accountability for the crimes within the Court’s…

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