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arrest issue I. Introduction One of the greatest challenges facing the International Criminal Court (ICC) is securing the custody of the accused. Without an...	12 years 13 weeks
The Exit Interview issue I have been unable to find any substantive or fulfilling statements from the OTP that explain why situations have not been opened in Afghanistan and Mexico. Do you believe that a situation should be...	12 years 15 weeks
africa issue I. Introduction The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established with the hope that it would pursue those persons responsible “for the...	13 years 11 weeks
reparations issue A region-wide, collective reparations scheme is the best option for several reasons. As nmoley convincingly points out in her June 2012 comment on this issue, individual reparations are impractical...	13 years 15 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)