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/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/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/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/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/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 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1212412839.shtml Last month, I noted that the ICTR Prosecutor had "disowned" Human Rights Watch for daring to criticize his request to refer Yusuf Munyakazi to Rwanda for trial. I guess he'll... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-03T14:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1211393648.shtml The Root over at Slate ran this piece on Monday about fistula and its devastating impact on the lives and health of women in the developing world: ... Peggy McGuinness 2008-05-21T18:05+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1210892280.shtml I had contemplated weighing in on commentators' unfortunate tendency to equate the Responsibility to Protect doctrine with humanitarian invasion, but John Boonstra at UN Dispatch beat me to it. Here's... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-05-15T22:05+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1210026044.shtml How desperate is the ICTR to fulfill its completion strategy by dumping cases on Rwanda? Enough to disavow the NGO on which it has relied on for nearly 14 years:... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-05-05T22:05+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1209572153.shtml Simon Chesterman of NYU passed along the following summary and link to the report prepared by NYU Law School's Institute for International Law and Justice in collaboration with the... Peggy McGuinness 2008-04-30T16:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1209415837.shtml I think there is more to Bellinger’s speech on the United States and the ICC than Julian suggests. Let me just summarize the best parts of the speech. First, Bellinger... Roger Alford 2008-04-28T20:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1208825125.shtml One of my students recently took the naturalization test and was kind enough to share with me the “Quick Civic Lessons”... Roger Alford 2008-04-22T12:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1208820261.shtml [Professor Elihu Richter teaches at Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine and Public Health and heads the Program on Genocide Prevention. This post follows up on last week's discussion of... Elihu Richter 2008-04-22T04:04+00:00