Sunday, April 1, 2018

New Issue: Journal of International Criminal Justice

The latest issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Vol. 16, no. 1, March 2018) is out. Contents include:
  • Editorial Comment
    • Claus Kreß, On the Activation of ICC Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression
  • Current Events
    • Andreas Zimmermann, A Victory for International Rule of Law? Or: All's Well that Ends Well?: The 2017 ASP Decision to Amend the Kampala Amendment on the Crime of Aggression
    • Darin Clearwater, When (and How) Will the Crime of Aggression Amendments Enter into Force?: Interpreting the Rome Statute by Recognizing Participation in the Adoption of the Crime of Aggression Resolutions as ‘Subsequent Practice’ under the VCLT
  • Article
    • Talita de Souza Dias, The Retroactive Application of the Rome Statute in Cases of Security Council Referrals and Ad hoc Declarations: An Appraisal of the Existing Solutions to an Under-discussed Problem
  • Symposium: The Many Shades of International Criminal Justice
    • Alex Whiting, Foreword
    • Zachary D Kaufman, The Prospects, Problems and Proliferation of Recent UN Investigations of International Law Violations
    • Beth Van Schaack, The Iraq Investigative Team and Prospects for Justice for the Yazidi Genocide
  • Cases Before International Courts and Tribunals
    • Nader Iskandar Diab, Challenges in the Implementation of the Reparation Award against Hissein Habré: Can the Spell of Unenforceable Awards across the Globe be Broken?
  • National Prosecution of International Crimes: Legislation and Cases
    • Wolfgang Kaleck & Patrick Kroker, Syrian Torture Investigations in Germany and Beyond: Breathing New Life into Universal Jurisdiction in Europe?