Dear colleague,
We are pleased to inform you that Ambassador Rolf Einar Fife is granted the 2015 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award in recognition of “(a) his unique contributions to the negotiation and adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’), in particular at critical stages of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court Rome, 15 June – 17 July 1998; (b) his outstanding diplomatic efforts to support and protect the nascent ICC in the early years of its existence, especially through his role in the Bureau of the ICC Assembly of States Parties; (c) his consistent but unassuming contributions to the legitimization of the ICC in the wider international law and diplomatic communities; (d) his ingenious command of the art of what is possible in the development and strengthening of international law, combined with his integrity, courage and strategic capacity when leadership is required to seize favourable multilateral circumstances; and (e) his subtlety and sophistication in multilateral communication, including the fluent use of several languages, reaching a variety of audiences in a trustworthy and persuasive manner that unites actors”. You find more information here. The 2016 Award will be dedicated to an outstanding, young East Asian lawyer in the field of international criminal law and justice. Nominations may be sent to info@cilrap.org by 8 May 2016.
We also release 11 new policy briefs today (see complete list at the bottom of this message), including
- by Professor Frederik Harhoff on his disqualification as judge in the failed Šešelj trial (‘Mystery Lane: A Note on Independence and Impartiality in International Criminal Trials’);
- two briefs on the role of Judge Theodor Meron (Julija Bogoeva: ‘International Judges and Government Interests: The Case of President Meron’, and Gunnar Ekeløve-Slydal: ‘ICTY Shifts Have Made Its Credibility Quake’);
- three briefs on India (Devasheesh Bais: ‘India and the International Criminal Court’, Pooja Bakshi: ‘Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones and State Responses in India’, and Shikha Chhibbar: ‘Sexual Violence in Private Space: Marital Rape in India’);
- two briefs on the ICC, the AU and the collapse of the Ruto and Kenyatta cases, as well as on Regulation 55 (Marshet Tadesse Tessema and Marlen Vesper-Gräske: ‘Africa, the African Union and the International Criminal Court: Irreparable Fissures?’, and GOU Jing: ‘On the Future of Regulation 55’); and
- briefs on the DRC, Mexico and one by the leading expert on international human rights law in China (Eloi Urwodhi and M. Nengowe Amundala: ‘Challenges in the Repression of Core International Crimes in the DRC’, José A. Guevara: ‘Why the ICC Should Open a Preliminary Examination in Mexico: Allegations of Torture Committed in the Context of the War on Drugs’, and GONG Renren: ‘On Human Rights and Traditional Culture’).
With our Indian partners and the Planethood Foundation, CILRAP is pleased to announce the 1st CILRAP Scholarship on International Law (India) on the topic ‘What can India and Indian actors do to strengthen the system of collective security based on the United Nations Charter, including by deterring the illegal use of armed force in violation of the Charter?’. The competition is made possible through the generous contribution by the Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin B. Ferencz and Professor Donald M. Ferencz. You find more information here.
CILRAP has completed the first phases of the Historical Origins of International Criminal Law Project with the publication of four volumes, completion of two academic conferences, and launch events in The Hague, Beijing, Berlin and New Delhi. You find extensive resources and links about this Project here.
CILRAP’s department CMN organizes the conference ‘Strengthening National Justice for Core International Crimes: Laws, Procedures and Practices in an Age of Legal Pluralism’ in Het Spaansche Hof, The Hague on Tuesday 28 June 2016. You find more information here on the programme and registration.
Kind regards,
Alf Butenschøn Skre
FICHL Executive Adviser
Secretary, 2015 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award Committee
New policy briefs published 8 April 2016:
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 56 (2016):
Marshet Tadesse Tessema and Marlen Vesper-Gräske:
Africa, the African Union and the International Criminal Court: Irreparable Fissures?
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-035-1.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/17de1f/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 55 (2016):
GOU Jing:
On the Future of Regulation 55
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-034-4.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/a7e2ed/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 54 (2016):
Devasheesh Bais:
India and the International Criminal Court
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-033-7.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/3734dd/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 53 (2016):
Pooja Bakshi:
Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones and State Responses in India
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-032-0.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/62bbfc/.
FICHL Policy Brief No. 52 (2016):
Shikha Chhibbar:
Sexual Violence in Private Space: Marital Rape in India
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-031-3.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/084bd1/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 50 (2016):
GONG Renren:
On Human Rights and Traditional Culture
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-029-0.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/50380c/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 49 (2016):
Gunnar M. Ekeløve-Slydal:
ICTY Shifts Have Made Its Credibility Quake
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-028-3.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/18ba48/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 48 (2016):
Julija Bogoeva:
International Judges and Government Interests: The Case of President Meron
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-027-6.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/56a576/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 47 (2016):
Frederik Harhoff:
Mystery Lane: A Note on Independence and Impartiality in International Criminal Trials
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-026-9.
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/c2e5ad/.
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 45 (2016):
José A. Guevara:
Why the ICC Should Open a Preliminary Examination in Mexico: Allegations of Torture Committed in the Context of the War on Drugs
Por qué la CPI debería abrir un examen preliminar en México: Alegaciones de tortura cometida en el contexto de la guerra contra las drogas
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-019-1 (English) and 978-82-8348-020-7 (Spanish).
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/ef060d/ (English).
LTD-PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/6de31f/ (Spanish).
FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 44 (2016):
Eloi Urwodhi and M. Nengowe Amundala:
Challenges in the Repression of Core International Crimes in the DRC
Les défis de la répression des crimes internationaux en R. D. Congo
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2016
Published on 8 April 2016.
ISBN: 978-82-8348-018-4 (English) and 978-82-8348-050-4 (French).
LTD-PURL: https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/84f601/ (English).
LTD-PURL: https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/a82ad9/ (French).
