Attorney specializing in atrocity crimes accountability; former UN FFM on Libya @ABAICCProject @chr_aba @KRTribunal @ICTYnews
Jul 28, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
1) Undoubtedly double standards & gross inequities exist in the ICL enforcement system (by SP & non-SPs alike), yet this tweet thread is quite misleading about relevant #US legislation on the #ICC. Let me explain.
2) Before doing so, caveats are necessary albeit often futile in #ICL Twittersphere (or is it X-shere now?). a) I take no substantive position on any situations countries or prospective ones. b) all atrocity crimes anywhere should receive the same treatment regardless of where...
Mar 5, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
🧵w/ proposed instruction manual for creating an international tribunal for the crime of #aggression re: #Ukraine that is fundamentally fair and best established w/ the limited avenues available to the int'l community to do so.
#1 Draft and put up for a vote a @UN Security resolution referring the situation in #Ukraine to the #ICC so to add the crime of aggression to the @IntlCrimCourt 's existing jurisdiction in the country. #Russia will undoubtedly veto, but important step to get #UNSC on the record.
Mar 3, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🧵1) With all due respect to Larry Johnson (one of my first friends in the field), I respectfully disagree w/ his suggestions of creating a hybrid tribunal for #Ukraine. justsecurity.org/80395/united-n…2) To be clear, the hybrid tribunal comment in question is just one part of his great article filled w/ sage insights, so I encourage others to read the whole thing and only lodge my disagreement on one specific point.
Apr 27, 2021 • 25 tweets • 10 min read
1) Let me first congratulate @SherryKyama & @O_Owiso for organizing a very stimulating @opiniojuris symposium on the legacy of the #US' disgraceful sanctions on #ICC personnel. Some highlights and thoughts on some of these articles. opiniojuris.org/2021/04/19/sym…2) Apologies in advance to the organizers if more articles are on their way. However, given that the much-anticipated @asilorg report on the future of US engagement w/ the ICC hits tomorrow, it seemed prudent to dive into this symposium beforehand.
Dec 10, 2020 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
1)Yesterday's announcement by #ICC#OTP that it has closed the preliminary examination of alleged #UK crimes in #Iraq caused dismay in the #ICL commentator class. Some thoughts for what they are worth (which many may think is not worth much!) icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.asp…
2)Let us begin by stating the clear reality that int'l crim. justice, while still in its infancy, is imbalanced in its application. This is a serious legitimacy problem that must be consistently worked on; ICC leadership, on many occasions, has acknowledged as much.
Dec 4, 2020 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
1) @dovjacobs similarly, there is a lot in your thread that also needs to be pushed back on, which definitely will be a broken record at this point b/w you and me. :)
2) Acknowledging that Twitter only has so much space, you fail to indicate why it must be an all-or-nothing enterprise. For reasons about to be explained, there is good reason to respond in such a manner.
1)The comment thread from one of my fav sparring partners, @multilateralist, to this #ICC tweet deserves some pushback. To be frank, this article & other recent events (e.g. ICC Prosecutor's visit to #Sudan) lay waste to negative narratives about the Ct that are w/out firm basis.
2)It is not a hard question, David. It is only made hard by DC policy insiders who consistently want to magically thread an impossibly small needle. At the very least, US should state its case&litigate per procedures available to all states(e.g. art. 18).
2)The article did hit a "nerve", as intended and as some have conceded. Specifically, it was intended to jolt the #ICC stakeholder/commentating community into serious reflection re: purpose, nature, & quality of our commentary about the Court.
