The ten-year anniversary of the historic trial coincides with a process of erosion in judicial independence in the country.
Tag: rule of law
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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.
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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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Importantly, the Guatemalan justice process appears to have the full backing of the UN and members of the international community.
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A mechanism to uphold the rule of law in the South China Sea has consistently been the standard that ASEAN members have demanded of China; it has been just as consistently rejected by Beijing.
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In two key Western African democracies—Senegal and Niger—ongoing legal battles raise serious questions about whether elected incumbents are using the courts to reshape the political playing field.
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While the legal foundation is being developed, investigators on the ground are already attempting to gather material that could serve as potential evidence in future trials.
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Just as international law played a vital role in the country’s long struggle against apartheid, many saw the “new” South Africa as a leader in another global struggle: punishing the perpetrators of mass atrocity.
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Since Burundi would be the first country to leave the ICC, it is not completely clear what a withdrawal would mean for the preliminary examination already underway.
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Guatemala Attorney General Thelma Aldana discusses the political transition in Guatemala following last year’s uncovering of a vast criminal network, which extended to the president and vice president.
