AbstractThe field of international criminal justice is supported and legitimized by a distinct marketplace of norms and ideas. Within this marketplace, stakeholders compete

to define dominant norms, conceptual frames and the practical direction of international criminal justice. [...]

AbstractIn the context of international crimes, falsehoods — ranging from selective reporting of facts, deliberate mischaracterization of events and adversaries, or even

plain fabrication and lies — constitute a breeding ground in which incitement to commit violence can thrive. [...]

AbstractThe contemporary significance of the doctrine of judicial notice has been overlooked. As a means of proving fact without hearing evidence, judicial notice has remained

relevant vis-à-vis international criminal justice’s crucial objective of trial expediency. [...]

AbstractFrom 2012 to 2016, the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP guerilla group sought to end the region’s longest non-international armed conflict. Under the auspices

of the international community, this process drew from a complex series of practices and knowledge often known as ‘transitional justice’. [...]

AbstractThis systematic study of the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s stakeholder communication on Twitter brings attention to the largely unexamined phenomenon of the

ICC’s active presence on social media. It answers the following research question: ‘To what extent has the ICC used Twitter to facilitate dialogue and exchange [...]

AbstractNot only did the Special Tribunal Lebanon face the same challenges as many other international tribunals, but arguably it was situated in a uniquely politicized context.

Perhaps for this reason, the importance of outreach was recognized from the outset, as part of its legal framework. [...]

AbstractThe Afghanistan situation at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been plagued by misunderstandings and misinformation from the moment the Prosecutor announced

her request to open an investigation. This article assesses how these phenomena relate in part to the ICC’s own decision-making. [...]

AbstractIn the aftermath of atrocities, international criminal trials become forums for telling stories about the alleged crimes. These stories are presented by the prosecution

and defence, before being distilled into a judicial narrative by the judges. The International Criminal Court (ICC) faces the challenge of communicating this plurality [...]

AbstractThis article grounds contemporary contestations over the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the constitutive moment of the 1990s, when the Court was a global idea

that took shape around a set of key concepts and related understandings of world order. [...]