Advisory Board: FICHL - Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law. The members of the FICHL Advisory Board are: Hirad Abtahi is the first Legal Adviser of the Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he has also acted as Chef de Cabinet in the Immediate Office of the President. Prior to joining the ICC, he served the Chambers of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), particularly in the Milosevic trial. Hirad Abtahi was also a legal consultant with the Geneva based International Commission of Jurists, on behalf of which he advised the ICTY Registry on issues such as the relocation of victims and witnesses, the conditions of detention of accused persons and the enforcement of sentences in third countries.
He has lectured and published in English, French, and Persian on human rights, humanitarian law, and international criminal law. Silvana Arbia was the second Registrar of the International Criminal Court. M. Dr. J. Jon Elster is Robert K. James A. Dr. Dr. Claus Kreß (Dr. jur. Mr. Dr. Anton's Weekly Digest of International Law. LieberCode. The American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court. Oxford Reports on International Law - home. The Multilateralist | FOREIGN POLICY. Wronging Rights | Very Serious Commentary on Very Important Issues. Rethinking the 'Just War,' Part 2.
The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. This is the second of two parts. The first part can be found here. Before presenting a critique of traditional just war theory (which I call the “Theory,” for short) I should make two points of clarification. Although the Theory is largely congruent with the international law of war, the subject of just war theory is not law but morality. If the inconsistencies and absurdities I will describe were confined to the law, they would be less troubling. Second, the term “war” is ambiguous. Permissible Acts, Unjust War? Justice in Conflict | On the challenges of pursuing justice. International Justice. TRIAL : Track Impunity Always. Opinio Juris. PhD studies in human rights. The International Criminal Law Bureau Blog. September 27th, 2012 by Elli Goetz The appeal hearing in the Case is scheduled to take place on 30 October 2012 at 9:00 am in Courtroom I.
On 6 September 2011 Momcilo Perisic, a former Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, was sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment. Perisic was convicted for crimes against humanity as well as war crimes that were committed in BiH as well as Croatia. For further information: September 25th, 2012 by Kirsty Sutherland September 21st, 2012 by Kirsty Sutherland The United Nations has this week welcomed the handover of 2,500 soldiers to an African Union (AU) regional task force established in order to combat the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The AU force intends to co-ordinate and supplement soldiers from Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic already hunting the LRA. par excellence. IJCentral : Join the International Justice Movement.