Patryk I. Labuda

ICC Prosecutor Office urged to formally investigate atrocities by Nigeria military Amnesty International criticized the International Criminal Court's Office of the Prosecutor on Monday for dashing the hopes of survivors of atrocities by the military in Nigeria, after failing to for...

ICC Prosecutor Office urged to formally investigate atrocities by Nigeria military www.jurist.org/news/?p=288924

The Great Reset: The ICJ Reframes the Conduct Responsible for Climate Change Through the Prism of Internationally Wrongful Acts For the last six years, together with a handful of colleagues and friends from around the world, we have worked with the Government of Vanuatu to develop and implement a legal strategy to turn the asp...

Thanks to a group of Pacific students who, to paraphrase Mark Twain, did not know it was impossible, the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on climate change is now a reality, and conduct responsible for climate change can no longer hide in plain legal sight www.ejiltalk.org/the-great-re...

ICC: A throwback judgment On July 24, Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona were found guilty by the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in 2013-2014 in Central African Republic. It was an emblematic trial...

On July 24, Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona were found guilty by the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in 2013-2014 in Central African Republic. It was an emblematic trial of old days www.justiceinfo.net/en/148388-ic...

Libyan ICC war crimes suspect arrested in Germany German authorities have arrested a Libyan war crimes suspect accused of being a senior official for a notorious prison where inmates were routinely tortured and sometimes sexually abused, the International Criminal Court said on Friday.

Libyan ICC war crimes suspect arrested in Germany www.reuters.com/world/europe...

also shows why states' reluctance to more forcefully push to stop blatant crimes over many months may have grim consequences for the moral code underpinning the international order

Bartov puts the debate over genocide in a wider context and explains what is now at stake in this designation. It is an important read because it skilfully unearths many legal reflexes that international lawyers have to avoid taking a position on the question of genocide, and...

Israel's campaign in Gaza is so riddled with war crimes and crimes against humanity that the debate over genocide has often felt 'out of place' from a pure accountability perspective. As the Int. Crim. Court's arrest warrants make clear, there are ample grounds to put Israel's leadership on trial

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

An important read by Omar Bartov: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Thank you to Amb. Rasa Ostrauskaite for the invitation, warm welcome and expert moderation.

including regional enforcement, double standards and Rome Statute reform; followed by several probing questions from the diplomatic delegations. As Amb. Korynevych emphasized, the work of holding accountable Russia and its leadership has only begun.

It was a pleasure to discuss the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine at the OSCE in Vienna. Amb. Korynevych introduced the tribunal's drafting history and main features, I then reflected on how the tribunal related to shifts in international criminal justice...

Moving the Population in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime We wrote this essay to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s order.

Our Duty to Explain Israel’s Operation to “Concentrate and Move Population” in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime www.justsecurity.org/116459/israe...

Beyond Russo-centrism in academia A new academic organisation is enriching the debate on the legacies of colonialism

Beyond Russo-centrism in academia open.substack.com/pub/efdavies...

YouTube video by Migs Montreal Oleksandra Matviichuk addresses the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC

On 7 July 2025, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @avalaina.bsky.social calls on all States Parties of the ICC to adopt the proposed #amendments aimed at closing the accountability gap on the #crimeofaggression that obliged Ukraine to negotiate the creation of a special tribunal: youtu.be/RcLZFO1P01w?...

Jelena Aparac : « Wagner doit être poursuivi en justice pour éviter d’inspirer d’autres États » À la tête d’un groupe d’experts internationaux, cette spécialiste du droit international humanitaire ne veut pas laisser les mercenaires russes du groupe Wagner échapper à leurs responsabilités pénale...

"La justice, surtout internationale, est longue. Mais la possibilité pour les victimes de présenter leur récit, leur vérité, dans le cadre de la documentation des crimes, est déjà très importante. Cela fait partie du processus de reconnaissance"

Earning its Keep: Assessing the Legitimacy of the Special Criminal Court for the Central African Republic Abstract. This article suggests a framework for assessing legitimacy in the particularly volatile context within which the Special Criminal Court (SCC or ‘

Mia Swart, Earning its Keep. Assessing the Legitimacy of the Special Criminal Court for the Central African Republic academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...

The Challenge to the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic Delivering on its ‘Defence’ Promise Abstract. The Special Criminal Court (SCC or ‘the Court’) was created with the ambitious goal of fighting widespread impunity in the Central African Republ

Olivier Beauvallet, Volker Nerlich, From Phnom Penh to Dakar to Bangui: Reparations for Victims at the Special Criminal Court of CAR lnkd.in/dPgwQr78

Johann Soufi, The Challenge to the Special Criminal Court in CAR. Delivering on its ‘Defence’ Promise academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...

‘In the long term, the Special Criminal Court is a stabilizing factor because it aims to break the cycle of violence’: An Interview with Patience Guerengbo Abstract. The Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic (CAR) is a unique institution whose creation, operation and jurisprudence raise

Interview with Patience Guerengbo. ‘In the long term, the Special Criminal Court is a stabilizing factor because it aims to break the cycle of violence’: academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...

Luke Moffett Reparations before the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic lnkd.in/dZSCa_YA

Foreword As the International Criminal Court (ICC) faces mounting pressure and scepticism from states, localized justice mechanisms are playing an increasingly vita

Our symposium on the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic has been published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice.

Jérôme de Hemptinne, Patryk Labuda, Foreword. A Decade of Hybrid Justice in the Central African Republic: academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...

In thoughts with all our scholars, artists and social justice advocates who have joined the defense against the russian invasion of Ukraine and are on the frontlines. We are so with you in spirit and grateful that you’re protecting us so that we can gather here for dialogues. May all empires fall!

The ICC in Libya’s quagmire The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court would like to close the investigation in Libya in early 2026. And the official Libyan government has accepted the Court's jurisdiction until 2027. Co...

The ICC's Libya quagmire www.justiceinfo.net/en/146538-ic...

Double Standards and International Law: Highlights from the Workshop in Geneva nathanson.osgoode.yorku.ca/sharing-insi...

It was honour to attend the Polish Institute of International Affairs' 2025 Strategic Ark Conference. I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with Comfort Ero and Michael O'Flaherty on “Laws of Peace & Conflict: Views from the Middle East and Ukraine” .

Program: www.pism.pl/konferencje/...

Grateful to have contributed to the Workshop on #DoubleStandards in #InternationalLaw @gvagrad-law.bsky.social, speaking about neutrality & fairness in the context of #Sports, #Governance & #HumanRights
Programme and Project: lnkd.in/eCEKdgtD @pilabuda.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social

It was honour to attend the Polish Institute of International Affairs' 2025 Strategic Ark Conference. I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with Comfort Ero and Michael O'Flaherty on “Laws of Peace & Conflict: Views from the Middle East and Ukraine” .

Program: www.pism.pl/konferencje/...

Tomorrow's panel in particular promises to be interesting (Panel VI, 14.30-15.30 CET) Laws of Peace & Conflict - Views From the Middle East and Ukraine. This panel will feature
@comfortero.crisisgroup.org
and Michael O'Flaherty moderated by Patryk I Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social

!!!!!! @radek-sikorski.bsky.social , Minister @polandmfa.bsky.social , will join #Strategic_Ark! He’ll take part in the opening session: "Avoiding the Perils of Negotiated Peace with Dictators"
‼️Don’t miss hearing from one of Europe's key voices
with Director of PISM Dr Jarosław Ćwiek-Karpowicz!

🌟 After days of intense debates, the workshop on Double Standards in IL has been concluded!

🌍 We received scholars from around the world discussing the implications of double standards in relation to great power competition, climate change, HRL, IHL, ICL, int'l trade, among many other topics.

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