The struggle to uphold the rule of law and the role of law enforcement in societies are among the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tag: justice
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If CAR is to truly make progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda, it should act now to respond to the demands of Central Africans before the window of opportunity for addressing the past closes.
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President Morales’ moves against CICIG represented a significant turnabout for a politician who originally campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, praised CICIG early in his term, and renewed CICIG’s mandate earlier than necessary.
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An examination of peace and justice initiatives in CAR raises a variety of questions about the country’s peace process.
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An examination of the ways in which the court’s work has been politicized points to what can be done to make it a more effective institution.
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The withdrawal follows a disconcerting pattern whereby governments under scrutiny for possible crimes leave the ICC to avoid prosecution.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to gain jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. For the first time since the end of World War II, world leaders could be held accountable for waging war.
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Del Ponte may have resigned in frustration at Security Council inaction on Syria, but the timing of her resignation at least shines a light on the issue of impunity just as the IIIM starts its substantive work.
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With DRC President Kabila becoming increasingly emboldened in his actions to extend his political longevity, it would be difficult to believe that travel and financial embargoes alone will sway the incumbent from delivering the coup de grace to his country’s hopes of achieving a democratic transfer of power in the near-term.
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Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission will produce a final report covering the period from 1955-2013, during which the successive oppressive administrations of Habib Bourguiba and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali turned Tunisia into a police state under one-party-rule.
