Category: Essays

“The doctrine of command responsibility is ultimately predicated upon the power of the superior to control the acts of his subordinates” Celebici Appeal Judgement[1] Introduction A shrinking concept of state sovereignty has created conditions for decentralisation of the exercise of {...}

Goebbels was in favour of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favour of free speech, then you’re in favour of speech for precisely views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favour of free {...}

Can the Label ‘Law’ Apply to Statutes as Amoral as those Imposed by Dictators? Obote Odora* Abstract: Should the judicial system use the label “law” to  apply to rules as amoral as ‘decrees issued by military juntas’ or other bad, {...}

By Dr. Obote Odora Chief of Appeals and Legal Advisory Division Office of the Prosecutor – ICTR Introduction Within the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR (OTP), the Appeals and Legal Advisory Division (ALAD) is responsible for the conduct {...}

INTRODUCTION The last fifteen years witnessed significant development in international criminal law. This progress was possible because of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) jurisprudence. The paper evaluates the normative {...}

Research Project ‘International Criminal Procedure: In Search of General Rules and Principles’ Funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Supervised by Professor Dr. G.K. Sluiter Field Research, ICTR, Arusha, Tanzania, May-June 2008 Interviewers: Karel De Meester and Sergey {...}

International criminal law is a product of the convergence of two different legal disciplines: the criminal aspects of international law and the international aspects of national criminal law.  The two disciplines, while complementary, are also co-extensive and separate.  Further, the {...}

President Yoweri Museveni’s New Year address was a study in presidential hubris. Arrogant, insulting and condescending, and consistent with his past behaviour, President Museveni blamed ‘internal enemies of Uganda’ for his many failures without taking personal responsibility for failing Ugandans. {...}

Introduction The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), a post-genocide court, was established on 8 November 1994 after the genocide was over.[1] The chief prosecutor of the ICTY, based at The Hague, assumed that post for Rwanda as well. The {...}

  1        Introduction The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2098(2013) creating and approving the deployment of an Intervention Combat Brigade (ICB) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The deployment of ICB is intended to reinforce the {...}