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Tommy OlovssonMarch 9, 2023

HEARING: Countering Russia’s Terroristic Mercenaries

Tommy Olovsson March 9, 2023

U.S. Helsinki Commission: The notorious Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary network, is known to have conducted predatory and terroristic activities since 2014. As a response to the terroristic actions of the…

Guest AuthorFebruary 18, 2023

Human Trafficking In Libya: The ICC Promises, National Courts Act

Guest Author February 18, 2023

The trials have started early 2023 in the Netherlands and Italy of two Eritrean men arrested last fall and charged with crimes linked to human trafficking in Libya. They are the result…

Guest AuthorFebruary 11, 2023

Allegations of Bangladesh Police Torture, Illegal Detentions

Guest Author February 11, 2023

Bangladesh authorities should investigate recent allegations of enforced disappearances and torture. Violent protests broke out on January 19 in Gazipur after Mohammad Rabiul Islam, died in police custody allegedly due to torture.…

Salope von AsheenFebruary 7, 2023

Statement CPJ: Cameroon Must Ensure Full Justice For Martinez Zogo

Salope von Asheen February 7, 2023

Unidentified attackers abducted Martinez Zogo, the director of the privately owned radio broadcaster Amplitude FM, from his car on the evening of January 17 in the capital. Zogo’s mutilated body was found…

Guest AuthorJanuary 26, 2023

Trying Russian leaders in absentia - International Tribunal

Trying Russian leaders in absentia: What would be the pros and cons?

Guest Author January 26, 2023

Even if, as some are advocating, an international tribunal were set up to try the Russian crime of aggression in Ukraine, it would probably not get President Vladimir Putin and his top…

Tommy OlovssonJanuary 16, 2023

Survey: Russia Could Become A Failed State

Tommy Olovsson January 16, 2023

While Vladimir Putin and his guru Alexander Dugin dream of a Great Russia, global strategists and analysts believe Russia may not survive the coming decade. Nearly half of top foreign-policy experts…

Guest AuthorJanuary 11, 2023

Patrick Kroker: “They saw injuries nobody could have survived”

Guest Author January 11, 2023

In Berlin, a former militia member from Syria is accused of war crimes for firing a grenade into a group of civilians in Damascus in 2014. The trial is the third in…

Salope von AsheenDecember 28, 2022

Remove Russias Veto Over UN

Salope von Asheen December 28, 2022

“It’s really important to show that none of the nations in the world, are immune from prosecution if they commit the most horrible crimes”. Diplomat and former advisor to the Ukraine…

Guest AuthorDecember 2, 2022

Can 2023 Be The Booster Year For The ICC Budget?

Guest Author December 2, 2022

This year’s annual meeting of States Parties opens on Monday 5 December in The Hague. The triple combination of the war in Ukraine, the unprecedented involvement of states in the situation, and…

Tommy OlovssonNovember 21, 2022

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