The job may be 'impossible', but it is also clearer than ever before. The ICC must continue going after the powerful and lawless of this world, dismantling the wall of impunity—to borrow Rubio's phrase, the 'brick by brick' way. The Impossible Job Facing the ICC’s Next Prosecutor @newlinesmag

The job may be 'impossible', but it is also clearer than ever before. The ICC must go after the powerful and lawless of this world, dismantling the wall of impunity—the 'brick by brick' way. The Impossible Job Facing the ICC’s Next Prosecutor New Lines Magazine

The Impossible Job Facing the ICC’s Next Prosecutor

The International Criminal Court’s new leader will inherit an institution caught between delivering justice and the pressures exerted by powerful governments

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"He's not trying to defend me. He is trying to defend Bibi and various other people." Trump interrupts Rubio as he brags about his campaign against the International Criminal Court, and says what it's really about: protecting Netanyahu from the ICC arrest warrant. It was never about US sovereignty.

"Nonetheless, the prosecutor’s dismissal will harden views in many developing countries, particularly in Africa, that the court is more willing to bring cases against their citizens than against those of powerful countries. They are not wrong."

"Nonetheless, the prosecutor’s dismissal will harden views in many developing countries, particularly in Africa, that the court is more willing to bring cases against their citizens than against those of powerful countries. They are not wrong." www.economist.com/mi...

“The public has not seen the evidentiary record of serious misconduct and breach of duty by Khan – other than through leaked information the reliability of which cannot be independently verified, and recent media interviews with Khan and Sarah,... www.justiceinfo.net/... 1/6

ICC: Karim Khan removed – what next?

The removal of Karim Khan as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was both the end of a long saga that played out against intense US pressure, and the beginning of a new and tricky stage in the court’s life.

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Excellent book post @lukeharding1968.bsky.social, review for @opendemocracy.net coming soon

'Buitensporige schade voor burgers en burgerobjecten kan wijzen op een oorlogsmisdaad. Dit is volgens Vasiliev echter moeilijk te bewijzen.’ Eva Cukier @evacukier.bsky.social @sevslv.bsky.social #OorloginOekraïne www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

"#Oekraïne richt zijn drones op het Russische platform #Wildberries. Wat voor bedrijf is dat?"—Eva Cukier NRC www.nrc.nl/nieuws/20...

From a couple of days ago. Apropos of nothing. Might be relevant: "The ICC must emerge from this existential ordeal with its integrity and independence intact. Otherwise, it would become a project that the States Parties allowed to fail.” www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/foun...

META-THREAD It bears emphasizing AGAIN: sexual misconduct and other forms of abuse of power in the workplace, which would be especially cynical in an international justice institution, can never be tolerated or excused, and whoever commits them must be held accountable. 1/9

The dismissal of Karim Khan KC as the ICC Prosecutor is perhaps the most significant event in the 24-year-long institutional history of the ICC — and the greatest setback so far to its efforts to pursue justice in situations implicating major powers and their allies not 1/10

The upcoming ASP Special Session to consider the fate of the Prosecutor will be unprecedented. As such, rules of procedure matter more than ever. These are not optional. Glad to reflect on this with @sevslv.bsky.social on @opiniojuris.bsky.social ⤵️ 📍 opiniojuris.org/2026/06/19/r...

Removing the ICC Prosecutor? A Roadmap for What Comes Next

[Ezequiel Jimenez Martinez has a PhD in International Law, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Law Research and Policy and an Associated Senior Lecturer at the Pompeu Fabra Law Facul…

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6 years of work, 3 universities, 25 authors—and our brainchild with Niels Blokker is now a tangible object in the physical world. "Governance of International Courts and Tribunals: Institutions, Practices, and Norms" has just been published by Oxford Uuniversity Press. share.google/bMYuESLBSdcA...

ICC states should not ignore judicial experts’ conclusions in Khan’s case. Doing so would damage State Parties’ own credibility and that of the ICC system. Former ICC Judge Tarfusser's and my opinion piece for @ajenglish.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

ICC states should not ignore judicial experts’ conclusions in Khan’s case

Doing so would damage State Parties' own credibility and that of the ICC system.

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‘Niet het internationaal recht schiet tekort, maar staten en politici’ via @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

‘Niet het internationaal recht schiet tekort, maar staten en politici’

Internationaal recht: Ter rechtvaardiging van de Amerikaans-Israëlische aanval op Iran wordt veelvuldig gezegd dat het internationaal recht tekortschiet. NRC polste acht rechtsgeleerden. „Een ‘moreel ...

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The UN Independent Int'l Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan: the Rapid Support Forces carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances in #ElFasher, Sudan, bearing "hallmarks of genocide" against the Zaghawa and Fur communities. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Sudan: ‘Hallmarks of genocide’ found in El Fasher, UN investigators detail mass killings and ethnic targeting

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region...

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ICC Judge Kim Prost on Trumpian sanctions: "...completely futile. I say that, on behalf of all of the judges of this court and the prosecutors, we will continue to do our jobs independently. It does not affect the way we look at our cases or how we decide them." www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...

Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions

Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court

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The US is ruled by aged misogynists who are too irrational to be in politics. "Trump’s close ally Lindsey #Graham completely lost his temper in Munich. During a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette #Frederiksen, he yawned loudly and called her «little lady»." www.berlingske.dk/internationa...

Trump’s Man in Munich Completely Lashed Out at Mette Frederiksen: »Little Lady«

Trump’s close ally Lindsey Graham completely lost his temper in Munich. During a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, he yawned loudly and called her »little lady«, Berlingske has lea...

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The only right thing to do. European states must confront their own colonial past and do all they can to end grave violations of international law in Palestine — not legitimize a neo-colonial genocide-sustaining project that tramples on self-determination. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Major European allies decline to join first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace

Dozens of world leaders head to Washington for what White House says will largely be a fundraiser on Thursday

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"We kunnen zeker betogen dat het gaat om een moord als een misdrijf tegen de menselijkheid. Met wat in Rusland is gebeurd, het onderdrukken van een politieke beweging tegen Poetin, is dit uiteraard een grootschalige aanval tegen de burgerbevolking." #Navalny #vergiftiging www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buite...

Dit kan Europa doen nu het weet dat Navalny is vergiftigd

De bekende Russische oppositieleider Aleksej Navalny is twee jaar geleden gedood met zeldzaam kikkergif, zo concluderen Nederland en vier andere landen na gezamenlijk onderzoek. De verantwoordelijke i...

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ICC Judge Guillou speaks out against US sanctions and calls on the EU to get its act together. “This governance by fear needs to be absolutely rejected. Everyone needs to hold the line in their functions, but in order to do so, we need a form of solidarity.” www.politico.eu/article/nico...

ICC judge sanctioned by US urges EU to fight back

Nicolas Guillou said the Trump administration’s use of sanctions undermines European democracy and called for Europe to curb reliance on American tech.

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Two years ago, Putin had Alexei #Navalny killed. "The circumstances ... have red flags all over them and scream ‘murder’, I wrote back then, without hoping the direct cause of death would ever be revealed. Now we know what the murder weapon was. The perpetrators must be held to account.

"Governance of International Courts and Tribunals: Institutions, Practices, and Norms" now has its own OUP page. Here's hoping some of these courts' governing bodies & like-minded states manage to avert the worst before this book comes out (and becomes an obituary). global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Clearly, crimes against humanity are being committed in #Iran. "mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst an ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities since 8 January to conceal their crimes"—Amnesty International www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Iran: Massacre of protesters demands global diplomatic action to signal an end to impunity

Verified videos and credible information from eyewitnesses in Iran reveal mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst an ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities sinc...

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The 30-calendar-day period following the transmission of the #UNOIOS report on alleged misconduct by the ICC Prosecutor to the Panel of judicial experts set up by the ASP Bureau expired last week. There has been (and will be) no public communication regarding the completion of its legal assessment.

Today marks the 1419th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—longer than the period it took to defeat Hitler after he launched Operation Barbarossa. 3 years, 10 months, and 19 days. This is not merely a "tragedy"; it is a crime. Putin and his cronies must end up in the dock.

Every EU Member State except Hungary agrees to trigger enhanced cooperation (ie some Member States using EU law without the others) re loan for Ukraine - proposal goes to European Parliament for consent

ICC judges speak out against US sanctions again Judge Prost: “You lose immediate access to all the main credit cards that go through the Swift system, which is controlled by the US. My Amazon & Google accounts were closed. You cannot pay for your utilities, your subscriptions."

Vacature (Senior) Adviseur Internationale Hoven en Tribunalen en Internationale Misdrijven bij NL MinJenV, met accent op het opzetten van de voorbereidende fase van een #Agressietribunaal voor de vervolging van het misdrijf agressie tegen #Oekraïne. www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/sr...

De Rijksoverheid zoekt: (Sr.) Adviseur Internationale Hoven en Tribunalen en Internationale Misdrijven

(Sr.) Adviseur Internationale Hoven en Tribunalen en Internationale Misdrijven in Den Haag voor 36 uur bij Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid

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