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Mark Kersten wrote a new post 3 years, 11 months ago
At the thirtieth summit of the African Union (AU) last month, African states took a bold decision. They agreed to ask the United Nations General Assembly to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on…
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Mark Kersten wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago
The clock is ticking. In just about eleven and a half months, South Africa is set to officially withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Here at the end of the fifteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties…
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Mark Kersten wrote a new post 5 years, 2 months ago
It’s now been a few weeks since Burundi and South Africa signalled their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Barring any changes or decisions to reverse course, by October of next year the number of ICC…
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Mark Kersten wrote a new post 5 years, 3 months ago
Contrary to the suggestion of some, the dust on South Africa’s and Burundi’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has not settled. It won’t for some time. These two withdrawals have sparked an intense debate on the future…
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Mark Kersten wrote a new post 6 years, 8 months ago
Given how seldom it is mentioned these days, it may actually be surprising to hear that the International Criminal Court (ICC) still has an ongoing investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Mali since 2012.
The ICC…