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arrest issue Hi Benshea; I really enjoyed reading your piece; it's quite well researched and written! It then came to my mind few points of thought: - The ICC is not a national court as in the case of the...	12 years 12 weeks
arrest issue Response to Nadia Banteka: "The ICC Prosecutor should stick to her legal job; politics will only add more to the current criticism against the Court". Hi Nadia, I enjoyed reading your article and...	12 years 14 weeks
darfur issue Hi Cecilia, Sorry for replying so late to your contribution. I like the way you carried out your analysis of Article VI of the Genocide Convention; but I think there is something missing which makes...	13 years 5 weeks
Universality issue Hi Krist, I agree with you that making the ICC a universal institution will help improve its legitimacy and this should be the will of anyone engaged in the fight against the impunity of...	13 years 5 weeks
Arrest Lecture issue I think that the solution to make the arrest and surrender of indictees to the the ICC effective remains within the ICC Statute and in the Court capabilities. Since the ICC deals with independent and...	13 years 13 weeks

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