Category Archives: Academic Articles / Books
New Paper: This Mass Atrocity was Brought to You by the Ivory Trade: Linking Transnational and International Crimes
Yesterday, I posted remarks that I gave to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya with respect to the nexus between international crimes and transnational organized crimes. My talk was based on ongoing research I have been doing on the subject … Continue reading →
New Paper! Taking the Opportunity: Prosecutorial Opportunism and Case Selection at the International Criminal Court
What determines which individuals the International Criminal Court (ICC) targets for prosecution — and which ones escape the Court’s scrutiny? This is a question that has concerned virtually everyone interested in international criminal law and justice. The cases that the … Continue reading →
New Paper Alert! ‘Hybridization – A Spectrum of Creative Possibilities’
At a time of great crisis challenge for the International Criminal Court, hybrid tribunals have come roaring back into fashion. But what does it meant to be a hybrid court and how might the very hybridity of such tribunals be … Continue reading →
New Academic Article! Targeting Justice: Targets, Non-Targets and the Prospects for Peace with Justice
Dear readers, I am very happy to announce that I have had a new article published in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, entitled “Targeting Justice: Targets, Non-Targets and the Prospects for Peace with Justice“. The piece explores how the decisions … Continue reading →
Call for Papers! Hybrid Justice – Building Resilience After Conflict
The following is a call for papers for a special issue on hybrid courts, edited by Kirsten Ainley and myself, as part of our ongoing project examining the use, role, and impact of hybrid tribunals. One of the most dramatic shifts in … Continue reading →
The Human Rights Agenda and the Struggle Against Impunity
I recently reviewed an excellent new collection of essays Anti-Impunity and the Human Rights Agenda, edited by Karen Engle, Zinaida Miller and D.M. Davis (Cambridge, 2016). The book should be of interest to anyone working in the field of human rights … Continue reading →
An Agenda for ‘Peace’ in the ‘Peace versus Justice’ Debate
As many readers will know, over the past six years, my academic work has focused on the so-called “peace versus justice” debate. The idea behind my research was to re-think how we assess the impact of the International Criminal Court … Continue reading →
