Comments by John Litwin

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sgbv issue Forget First Responders: The Office of the Prosecutor and Self-Sufficiency in Sexual and Gender Based Crimes Investigations I. Introduction...	10 years 5 weeks
outreach issue Reaching the Masses: Social Media and the International Criminal Court I. Introduction As a controversial international tribunal, the...	11 years 10 weeks
arrest issue Smarter Sanctions: The Use of Targeted Asset Freezes and Travel Bans by the ICC to Effectuate Arrests I. Introduction...	12 years 10 weeks
The Exit Interview issue The absence of the Great Powers—US, China, Russia, and India—threatens the goal of universal criminal justice. Can the Court remain a legitimate and viable tribunal without the Great Powers? Do you...	12 years 14 weeks
africa issue The International Criminal Court and African Politics Introduction Given the recent vote by the Kenyan parliament to withdraw from 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)