When military force is used without legal justification, the line between law enforcement and war collapses, undermining the international legal order.”
Tag: Rome Statute
The Crime of Aggression:The ICC’s Fourth Core Crime and Its Role in Mass Atrocity
Aggressive war is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime.” —Nuremberg Tribunal Judgment
Arrest Warrants for Vladimir Putin: International Justice and the Deportation of Children
The unlawful transfer of children in Ukraine is not only a war crime—it may represent one of the clearest pathways toward establishing genocidal intent.”
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.”