Q&A: First Cracks to Impunity in Syria, Iraq
Refugee Crisis and Universal Jurisdiction Cases in Europe
What's the basis for European courts to try atrocities committed in Syria and Iraq? What is universal jurisdiction? Does universal jurisdiction mean that every country can investigate any grave international crime committed in Syria and Iraq? What…
Q&A: Syria and the International Criminal Court
1. Could the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria? 2. Should the Security Council refer the situation in Syria to the ICC? 3. What impact could an ICC referral have? 4. Would pursuing…
Egypt: Q&A on the Trial of Hosni Mubarak
1. What are the charges against Mubarak? 2. What is the significance of the trial? 3. Why are Mubarak and other high-ranking former government members being tried in ordinary civilian courts while political activists are being tried in military courts? 4…
ICTY: Q&A on the Case against Ratko Mladic
1. Who is Ratko Mladic? 2. What is Mladic accused of? 3. Why is the Mladic case significant? 4. Why did his arrest take so long? And why did it happen now? 5. What happens following Mladic's transfer to the Yugoslav Tribunal in The Hague? 6. Is…
Q&A: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Trial of Radovan Karadzic
Who is Radovan Karadzic? What are the charges against him? It's been more than 14 years since his initial indictment. Why is his trial important? Why hasn't Karadzic's co-accused, Ratko Mladic, been arrested? Doesn't Karadzic claim that he was…
Q & A: Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's Trial
1. Where do the proceedings in the Milosevic trial stand? Former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic was indicted under three separate indictments for crimes committed in Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The trial started on…