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- Borys Babin: Next Step in Global Reaction to International Environmental Crimes Issues of the international crimes against the environment, including the aspect of ecocide qualification, are the sustainable topic of the researches of the Association of Reintegration of Crimea (ARC). ARC expert publications exposed propaganda fakes regarding the events of Russia-Ukrainian coflict, on the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, on Black Sea pollution, on illicit “Crimea claims... (more)
- park2026: Criminalizing Ecocide: Will Corporations Change? Introduction As climate change accelerates and ecosystems face unprecedented destruction, existing legal frameworks have proven inadequate to prevent or meaningfully deter large-scale environmental harm. Corporations, especially transnational corporations operating across jurisdictions, play a central role in driving deforestation, pollution, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions, often... (more)
- Wangu Gatonye: I. Introduction “Ecocide” was coined in the 1970s through a proposal by Professor Arthur W. Galston, but has only recently gained popularity in legal circles.1 The proposed definition is: “[U]nlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.”2 The work that the diverse Independent... (more)
- Talia Boyadjian: Why the IEPs Draft Definition of Ecocide Cannot Work as a Core Crime The concept of ecocide has circulated long before current efforts to amend the Rome Statute, with domestic and international circles debating it as a proposed legal tool to address human-caused extreme environmental destruction.1 Early formulations data back to the Vietnam War in response to large-scale wartime... (more)
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Sexual Slavery and Human Trafficking: Promising Targets for OTP Collaboration with First Responders and Prosecutions of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes...outreach issue
I. Introduction The Preamble to the Rome Statute provides that the aims of the International Criminal...arrest issue
Dissolving the Arrest Problem: Trials in Absentia at the International Criminal Court I. Introduction Since its inception in 2002,...The Exit Interview issue
What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the ICC today? What can the various organs of the Court and other interested parties do to address it?darfur issue
There's an interesting article here: http://allafrica.com/stories/201312131126.html arguing that the Security Council's failure to refer the situation to the ICC is prolonging the conflict.africa issue
Complementarity: Too Stringent a Test? While critics claim that the ICC’s focus on crimes committed in Africa is inappropriate, its defenders cite...