July 21, 2015March 15, 2018 by Taegin Reisman Q&A with Dr. Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the International Bar Association (IBA) and author of Sovereignty and Justice: Balancing the Principle of Complementarity between International and Domestic War Crimes Tribunals …demand an untainted legal environment to deal with the unique and complicated challenges of war crimes trials. Even in the best circumstances, achieving this enormous task is difficult. The trials…
June 10, 2015March 15, 2018 by Scott Edwards Three Impediments to Technology for Truth …sciences, of course, do have standards. The application of methods derived from best scientific or peer reviewed practice will hold up in judicial proceedings; but if the provenance of materials…
June 8, 2015 by Gaelle Carayon How Can Legal Representation for Victims at the ICC Be Improved? …that its processes empower victims and give them sufficient agency in the exercise of their rights, including their undeniable and legitimate right to choose who best represents their interests. …
International Criminal Court June 4, 2015May 10, 2021 by Tom Maliti ICC Prosecutor Asks Court to Admit as Evidence Statements of Witnesses Who Recanted …intimidate and bribe them. “Given the evidence implicating persons acting for the benefit of the Accused in the interference of the Corrupted Witnesses, the interests of justice would be best…
June 1, 2015March 15, 2018 by Jay Aronson Challenging Impunity with User Generated Content …other data sources as possible. Even then, as Price outlines, rigorous statistical analysis is required to determine possible weaknesses or inconsistencies in the data. The best hope we have of…
May 26, 2015March 15, 2018 by Sucharita S.K. Varanasi Using Technology to End Impunity for Mass Atrocities, Including Rape …issue we face is how best to capture informed consent from the sexual violence survivor. While it is easy for the health care professional to obtain informed consent at the…
International Criminal Court May 13, 2015May 10, 2021 by Tom Maliti Kenyan President and Attorney General Make Contradictory Statements on ICC …in the case. This could be that the government thought the issue was best raised in the president’s annual report on Kenya’s fulfillment of its international obligations that accompanies his…
May 7, 2015March 15, 2018 by Megan Price When Data Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story …not-necessarily-technical audience of lawyers and judges. These challenges must be met, as quantitative analyses that fail to account for missing data tell only part of the story, at best, and…
Bosco Ntaganda April 22, 2015April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Ntaganda Trial Opening Pushed to July …for trial, his team would do their best to “accelerate” investigations and review of the relevant materials. According to prosecution lawyer Nicole Samson, the Office of the Prosecutor has to-date…
Guatemala Trials April 21, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin CICIG Acts as Decision on Mandate Extension Nears As Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina nears a final decision on whether to extend the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), it moved in dramatic fashion…