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List of Targets Leaked: Israel Fears Worst in ICC War Crimes Investigation

August 3, 2020

When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed last December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue a war crimes investigation in occupied Palestine, the Isr…

Coronavirus Criminality: Bolsonaro and the International Criminal Court

August 2, 2020

Opinion

This could be the stuff of fiction. But then again, many legal principles began, at some point or rather, in the sludge of speculation before hardening into legal briefs and prosecutorial documents. H…

War Crimes and War Criminals: Who Will Be Held Accountable?

July 28, 2020

Opinion

There is something unique about how the United States manipulates the “terrorism” label to avoid being accused of carrying out war crimes. When an indigenous militia or an armed insurgency like the Ta…

Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court

July 12, 2020

Opinion

A war crimes complaint has been filed against Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner in the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is now up to the ICC…

The Challenges and Opportunities of the Emerging New World Order

June 24, 2020

Opinion

One of the many difficulties in interpreting the statements of United States President Donald Trump is to decide what category to put his many statements (and even more prolific tweets) in. Is it anot…

Reverse Logic: Trump Sanctions the International Criminal Court

June 24, 2020

Opinion

The decision by the Trump administration to sanction members of the International Criminal Court defies logic, in so far as there is any logic to sanctions. As a policy tool, such tools are supposedly…

Will a Response follow Washington’s Attempts to Undermine International Institutions?

June 23, 2020

Opinion

After Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, his desire to pursue the America First strategy by not only reshaping the internal political landscape but also changing the existing wor…

Operating Outside the Rule of Law: Washington Pressures International Criminal Court

June 8, 2020

Opinion

There is apparently no limit to what the United States and Israel can get away with without any consequences. The United States has been waging devastating economic warfare against Iran and Venezuela …