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sgbv issue The International Criminal Court and Non-Governmental Organizations: Challenges in Aiding the Prosecution of Sexual and Gender Based Crimes & Strengthening Global NGO...	10 years 1 week
outreach issue Outreach and the ICC: A Losing Battle I. Introduction The International Criminal Court is not currently the proper...	11 years 13 weeks
arrest issue While the use of bounty hunters may be an effective solution to the arrest issue, the idea of immunizing private parties who claim to act as bounty hunters strikes me as particularly troubling and...	12 years 11 weeks
The Exit Interview issue Is the legitimacy of the Court threatened by the low incidence of arrests or are there larger concerns that threaten legitimacy?	12 years 13 weeks
africa issue Mass African Withdrawal from the ICC: Far from Reality Introduction One hundred and twenty two countries are States Parties to the...	12 years 29 weeks

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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)