When accountability is selective, deterrence erodes—and impunity adapts.”
Tag: Crimes Against Humanity
Genocide and War Crimes – Legal Distinctions, Evidentiary Standards, and Accountability in Conflict
All genocide is an atrocity crime, but not all atrocity crimes meet the legal threshold of genocide.”
Statelessness: Legal Identity, Structural Exclusion, and the Limits of Protection
Breakdown of Rule of Law in Myanmar: Military Coup, State Violence, and the Erosion of Democratic Institutions
The breakdown of rule of law in Myanmar reflects not only a seizure of power, but the institutionalization of violence as a tool of governance.”
A Coup in Myanmar: Democratic Breakdown and Early Indicators of Atrocity Risk
Conflict and Famine: Starvation as a Weapon of War
Starvation in conflict is not simply a humanitarian crisis—it is often the result of deliberate policy choices designed to control populations and weaken opposition.”
Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis: Conflict, Civilian Harm, and the Collapse of Essential Systems
In Yemen, civilian suffering is not incidental—it is the cumulative result of prolonged conflict, institutional breakdown, and constraints on humanitarian access.”
Undocumented in Lebanon: Displacement, Legal Status, and the Precarity of Protection
In displacement settings, legal status is not a formality—it determines access to protection, livelihoods, and, ultimately, survival.”
Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar: State Violence and the Rohingya Crisis
The scale and systematic nature of violence against the Rohingya signals not only ethnic cleansing, but the potential commission of atrocity crimes requiring urgent international response.”
Absconding from Justice: Omar al-Bashir, ICC Warrants, and the Limits of Enforcement
The failure to execute ICC arrest warrants against sitting heads of state exposes structural weaknesses in international accountability mechanisms and risks entrenching impunity.”