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sgbv issue Implications of the Challenge in Securing First Responder Evidence in Sexual and Gender Based Crimes: Significance of Command Liability Theory in Prosecutions by International Courts...	10 years 2 weeks
outreach issue Outreach at the ICC: Implications for Funding Constraints I. Introduction Although the International Criminal Court was...	11 years 12 weeks
arrest issue Effectuating Arrest: A Comparative Study of the ICTY and ICC Situation Countries Introduction Since...	12 years 9 weeks
The Exit Interview issue To what extent do you believe the Court's commitment to legal complementarity hinders its efficacy as an institution in bringing international criminals to justice?	12 years 14 weeks
africa issue Limitations to the UN Security Council’s Referral of Situations Outside of Africa Introduction Currently every...	12 years 31 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)