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Mass Rape issue Using Pattern Evidence to Support Mass Sexual Violence Convictions at the International Criminal Court Abstract It is often difficult to get...	13 years 45 weeks
reparations issue Argument: The International Criminal Court may be ill-equipped to make reparations decisions in all cases. Instead of seeking to make these specific determinations,...	14 years 13 weeks
libya issue My concern is that while Libya is in a state of transition its courts may not have the capacity to conduct a fair trial. Not that it would let Saif al-Islam escape punishment...quite the opposite....	14 years 24 weeks
libya issue Libya is in a state of transition, which raises doubts about its ability to conduct a fair and impartial trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. More specifically, Article 17(2) of the Rome Statute provides...	14 years 24 weeks
prevention issue Argument The International Criminal Court can increase its legitimacy by focusing upon a strategy of complementarity. Such a strategy would mean that the...	14 years 31 weeks

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