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There has been much debate on whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) is able to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to justice for his military action and war crimes in Ukraine. On July 17, 1998, representatives of 120 states adopted the Rome Statute, paving the way for the establishment of such a court and a new age of accountability. Located in The Hague, Netherlands, the ICC was inaugurated in 2002 to handle international crimes. Different from most international conventions, the treaty shifted the focus from national compensation to criminal proceedings against individuals, and ...

Sudans Regierung will den Ex-Diktator an den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof ausliefern. Dazu braucht es aber die Zustimmung der Militärs

Klimaaktivisten fordern, die Zerstörung ganzer Ökosysteme nach dem Völkerstrafrecht zu ahnden. Das wäre kompliziert umzusetzen. Die Idee ist aber nicht ganz neu Was passiert, wenn global agierende Konzerne oder Politiker immense Umweltzerstörungen in Kauf nehmen, unter denen am Ende ganze Gesellschaften zu leiden haben? In der Regel: nichts. Die schlimmste denkbare Konsequenz wäre ein Imageschaden oder die Abwahl. Beides sind – im Vergleich zur Strafe für weit weniger schlimme Verbrechen – glimpfliche Sanktionen. Ein Expertengremium aus Anwälten und Aktiviste...

The frequent New York Times contributor facing criminal charges for allegedly serving as an unregistered, paid agent of the government... Worse, Bensouda has refrained from investigating the grave crimes that have been and are being committed around the world, in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. True, Syria is not a member of the Roman Statute, but the thousands of jihadists who have gathered there from all over the world—from countries that are party to the ICC treaty—are undoubtedly under The Hague’s authority. So is Yemen. Alas, genocide, beheadings, kidnappings and rapes, Islamic State�...