The ICC is a Hague-based court with the power to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Today, it explicitly recognises sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, ...

As Washington’s sanctions bite, judges are losing accounts, NGOs are cutting ties and staff are weighing their futures. Yet inside the only permanent tribunal to prosecute war crimes and genocide, the ...

On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—often referred to as the World Court—issued its ...

The standoff between the United States government and the International Criminal Court (ICC) entered a new phase last week as government officials in Washington sanctioned four senior ICC officials ...

This article is concerning the role of children's representation in Hague proceedings. The authors offer an important ...

The International Court of Justice case on climate change has implications for countries negotiating debt deals.

James A. Goldston is hopeful that efforts to hold authoritarian regimes and high-level perpetrators to account will continue.

The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...