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Why Lebanon should join the International Criminal Court

ICC jurisdiction in Lebanon would mean a chance of accountability for Israeli war crimes and renewed political pressure.

FILE - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on Dec. 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)

Can the International Criminal Court survive the next four years?

The arrest warrants it issued for Israeli leaders left the court facing an existential threat.

FILE PHOTO: The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

The ICC is not in the business of peacemaking, but it can deliver justice

Arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders will not bring peace, but it is beyond time to give justice a chance.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan

The ICC should urgently investigate what happened at al-Ahli Arab Hospital

Competing allegations over the source of the explosion at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital shows exactly why the ICC must act.

Bodies of Palestinians killed at the Ahli Arab hospital are gathered in the front yard of the al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City

The ICC prosecutor needs to break his silence on Israel-Palestine

Prosecutor Khan cannot stop the violence on his own, but he still has a role to play.

Palestinians look at the rubble of a house destroyed

The ICJ can slow down Assad’s normalisation drive

The case against the Syrian regime may not result in justice for its victims, but it will undermine its rehabilitation.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attends the Arab League summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Ukraine must investigate alleged war crimes by its forces

Ukraine and its allies should understand that investigating such allegations is in Kyiv’s interest.

Ukrainian soldiers fire French MO-120-RT-61 120mm mortar at Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, December 6, 2022

Justice for war crimes in Ukraine must not be delayed

Tens of thousands of war crimes have been investigated in Ukraine; yet prosecution of perpetrators has been too slow.

Forensic technicians dig a grave in a forest on the outskirts of Izyum, eastern Ukraine

International Justice Day 2022: Time for ICC to flip the script

The International Criminal Court should now use the lessons it learned in Ukraine to help deliver justice in Africa.

The entrance of the ICC is seen in The Hague

It’s in Ukraine’s interest to prosecute its own alleged crimes

Prosecuting its own alleged war crimes can help Ukraine undercut Putin’s propaganda war.

Press officer Olexii Mischenko shows a destroyed city administration building in Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region