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Mass Rape issue If the ICC is to allow a pro se party to defend herself, then this party must not be prevented from conducting cross-examination. For as we all know, cross-examination is a critical part of any trial...	13 years 34 weeks
Mass Rape issue Discerning a Coercive Environment: What Circumstances of Mass Rape Generate Inherent Compulsion Argument Despite the lack of a definition for...	13 years 48 weeks
reparations issue How to Disentangle State Assets from Reparation Funds Argument: Assuming the implementation of a reparations regime pursuant to Article 75 of the...	14 years 17 weeks
prevention issue Ambassador Scheffer suggests the adoption of a new protocol allowing for the creation of a type of "snatch team" to deter future violators who are impressed by its " proven record of enforcement of...	14 years 23 weeks
libya issue Currently, Seif al-Islam, one of the most important figures in pre-war Libya, remains confined by one of the tribal militias still operating despite multiple pleas by its national government to lay...	14 years 23 weeks
prevention issue Economic Sanctions & Capacity Building: Two Approaches to Prevent Atrocities Most Effectively Argument Because the ICC does...	14 years 33 weeks

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