Arguments that the ICC is ‘criminalising’ self-defence by issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are absurd. It was expected that the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for their roles in crimes committed against Palestinian civilians in Gaza would cause a flood of furious responses …
Leaders from Serbia and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska have been campaigning against the adoption of a UN resolution commemorating the Srebrenica genocide. The resolution condemns “any denial of the Srebrenica genocide” and actions that glorify those convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, and a regular denier of the Srebrenica genocide, said the …
Editor’s Note: Ruti Teitel is Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School, co-director of the Center for International Law, and director of the Institute for Global Law, Justice, and Policy. As the horrors of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion become more apparent, how should Ukraine and the international community react to what may be war …