International Criminal Justice & post conflict
African mistrust of "Northern Justice"
By Vidal Martín (19/12/2008)
International justice as a whole focuses primarily on the African continent: the International Criminal Court, various international tribunals and, more recently, universal justice too. Faced with this situation, while the West contemplates the role of the international community, Africa is protesting.
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International Criminal Justice & post conflict
International justice and the diplomatic struggle over Darfur
By Isabelle Birambaux (19/12/2008)
In July 2008, the International Criminal Court accused the president of Sudan of fuelling the genocide in Darfur. Such an action could be a means of putting pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the presence of international forces in the area and to put an end to the attacks on the civilian population. At the same time, there are other interests at stake (concerning oil and geopolitics) which countries such as France and China are involved in, and which affect decisions made by the UN Security Council.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
Accountability and complementarity between courts
By Mónica Martínez (21/10/2008)
Since the beginning of the 1990s, a new culture of accountability and defence of
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human rights has increasingly been established. International will in favour of such a move serves to confirm the link between international systems of accountability and the maintenance of peace and security.
The Afghanistan-Pakistán nexus
By Robert Matthews (20/10/2008)
Pakistan, a country that Newsweek headlined in late 2007 as “the most dangerous country on earth”, has become perceptibly more dangerous.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
European efforts in transitional justice
By María Avello (03/09/2008)
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Over the last few years, Europe has reacted in different ways to the need for accountability that arises in countries and regions emerging from a conflict. This paper analyse the initiatives which have been undertaken by both the EU and the countries themselves in their internal legislation.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
Seeking Accountability for Sexual Crimes in Post-Conflict Situations
By Fionnuala Ni Eigeartaigh (14/07/2008)
The systematic use of extreme violence, in particular sexual violence, in conflict and post-conflict situations raises the pressing question of how to end the cycle of impunity. On 13 and 14 May 2008, representatives of the International Criminal Court and the ad hoc tribunals, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, human rights organisations, and the European Parliament were brought together.
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Legality and legitimacy in the use of force
By Natalia Alvarez Molinero (07/07/2008)
This article analyses the juridical arguments and the international trends which have brought on the current reformulation of International Law since the terrorist attacks of the 11th of September 2001.
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International Criminal Justice & post conflict
Paramilitary demobilisation in Colombia: between peace and justice
By Felipe Gómez Isa (25/04/2008)
As Colombia seeks to resolve its long-running internal conflict, the country finds itself performing a precarious balancing act between the need for peace and the need for justice.
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This working paper explores the international legal framework with regards to justice, truth and reparation and asks to what extent Colombia’s very own tailor-made framework is in line with these parameters.
Al Banna and Deghayes: were they innocent all along, or did Guantánamo make them so?
By Luisa Barrenechea (10/03/2008)
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
Transitional justice: a European perspective
By María Avello (18/12/2007)
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International Criminal Justice & post conflict
The two faces of impunity: the EU and International Criminal Court
By Vidal Martín (05/12/2007)
Since its creation in 1998, the European Union has offered numerous gestures of support to the International Criminal Court, a fact which has been clearly manifested at the institutional level. The EU has also been criticised by a number of states over the same period, either because of the form its support has taken, because there is not enough of it, or finally, because it is seen as trying to “appropriate” the ICC for itself.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
The Role of Women in the Northern Ireland Peace Process
By Vidal Martín (20/04/2007)
After several ups and downs, the Northern Ireland peace process represents an exception to the European norm. It is the only peace process with clear prospects of stability, and at the same time, the only long term conflict to which, after numerous decades, resolution seems possible.
Cuenca Colloquium on International Refugee Law - Expert Meeting
By Luis Peral (29/09/2006)
On 18-21 April, 2006, the Cuenca Colloquium on International Refugee Law took place,with the objective of analysing the evolution of international refugee law and making proposals for action in this field, particularly taking into account the design and implementation of the European Union common policy on migration and asylum.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
In no man's land. Internally displaced persons and refugees in Lebanon
By Vidal Martín (25/08/2006)
Almost a million people were affected by the Israeli offensive in
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
International humanitarian law and possible models of intervention in Lebanon
By Mariano Aguirre Ernst, Vidal Martín (17/07/2006)
The conflict in Lebanon is undermining a part of the State and seriously affecting civil society, which, at the start of the conflict, was already in a fragile long post-war situation, as the rest of the region was.
The Human Rights Council , a bold step towards effective rights for all
By Jessica Almqvist (14/04/2006)
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
The Difficulties of the International Criminal Justice in Darfur
By Amaya Úbeda de Torres (07/03/2006)
The United Nations: responsibility towards victims of terrorist acts
By Irune Aguirrezábal Quijera (11/11/2005)
Counterterrorism and Human Rights Protection. The United Nations Contribution
By Jaume Vidal Casanovas (07/10/2005)
