http://www.opiniojuris.org/ en-us 2008-07-11T10:07+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1215767251.shtml I mentioned last month that the ICC Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, was considering bringing genocide charges against Sudanese officials far more senior than Ahmed Haroun, the country's "humanitarian affairs" minister. Well,... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-07-11T09:07+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1215242585.shtml According to the ICC President and Prosecutor, Lubanga's trial can now continue, because the UN has agreed to turn over the disputed evidence to the Trial Chamber and the defense:... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-07-05T07:07+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1215111892.shtml The media is awash in stories about the stunningly successful rescue operation mounted by the Colombian military that freed 15 long-held hostages from FARC forces. A key part of the... Duncan Hollis 2008-07-03T19:07+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1215026433.shtml As I anticipated a few days ago following the UN's refusal to provide the judges with meaningful access to the disputed evidence, Trial Chamber I has ordered Thomas Lubanga... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-07-02T19:07+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214793389.shtml This report suggests that this question will soon be considered by the awkwardly named Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The question arises in one of the ECCC's... Julian Ku 2008-06-30T04:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214796583.shtml I recently blogged about Trial Chamber I's stunning decision to stay Thomas Lubanga Dyilo's trial because of the Prosecutor's failure to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense. The Court held... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-30T03:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214623970.shtml Well, two experts on the Darfur conflict in Sudan think so. More evidence for my argument with Kevin (and Angelina Jolie) about the downside of the ICC actions in... Julian Ku 2008-06-28T03:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214361066.shtml It seems like a no brainer that the U.S. should enact into domestic law punishments for "crimes against humanity." The recently created subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law... Julian Ku 2008-06-25T04:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214324741.shtml No, Virginia, being unanimously acquitted by an international tribunal's trial and appeals chambers doesn't mean very much:... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-24T16:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213643921.shtml In what can only be described as a stunning development, Trial Chamber I has stayed Thomas Lubanga Dyilo's trial because of the Prosecutor's failure to disclose exculpatory evidence to the... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-16T19:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213287684.shtml As our Boumediene instant symposium gets underway, I thought it might be interesting to note that the Israeli Supreme Court has just upheld the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law, which... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-12T16:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213239973.shtml Very encouraging news out of Serbia -- Stojan Zupljanin, the commander of the Bosnian police during the war, has been arrested and will be handed over to the ICTY for... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-12T03:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213104254.shtml First the judge who felt "badgered, beaten, and bruised" by prosecutors for trying to protect Khadr's rights was removed from the case "for personnel reasons." Now it turns out that... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-10T13:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1212974570.shtml Kevin has no doubt put his finger on the key issues facing the ICC and Sudan. Plainly, the ICC is raising the stakes in its investigation of Sudan, a risky proposition... Julian Ku 2008-06-09T04:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1212820586.shtml The ICL community is abuzz with news that the ICC Prosecutor appears ready to issue new indictments that connect the "whole state apparatus" in Sudan to the crimes against humanity... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-07T06:06+00:00