International Criminal Court (ICC)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.

Blind in one eye? The International Criminal Court 10 years on

Dr. Monika Hauser of Medica Mondiale, Cologne about the experience of justice, impunity, law enforcement strategies, as well as a general and specific review of the work of the International Criminal Court on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary on 1 July 2012.

By Monika Hauser

The Tuol Sleng Museum in Phnom Penh,which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge communist regime.

Blind in one eye? - Is the ICC a model of how sexual crimes should be investigated and treated?

The strides that international penal law has undergone over the past twenty years are remarkable. However, in terms of investigating and prosecuting sexual violence as international crimes, significant shortcomings are still apparent.

By Silke Studzinsky

Depiction of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Peace Palace, in The Hague, the Netherlands, built in 1913, is the seat of the International Court of Justice.

War-related sexualised violence – has international criminal justice failed here?

The trying of cases involving war-related sexualised violence is the exception in international criminal trials as well as at the national level.

By Gitti Hentschel

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