The Impotence Machine: Don’t Bother Referring ISIS to the ICC
By Shawn Macomber In response to the recent awful-yet-sadly predictable video of Islamic State fighters destroying irreplaceable ancient artifacts in Mosul, the head of the United Nations Educational,...
View ArticleHeading the ICC Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
By Shawn Macomber Though the recent Globe and Mailstory “ICC’s Chief Prosecutor Fights to Prove the Institution’s Worth” exploits every available opportunity to cast International Criminal Court Chief...
View ArticleHeading the ICC Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Though the recent Globe and Mail story “ICC’s Chief Prosecutor Fights to Prove the Institution’s Worth” exploits every available opportunity to cast International...
View ArticleICC Renews Comittment to Fail Women
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny The International Criminal Court marked International Women’s Day by doing the one thing it actually does well — i.e. issuing a strongly-worded, self-aggrandizing,...
View ArticleTesting the Limits of “Suspension of Disbelief”
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny How much “artistic license” will be required to make the International Criminal Court appear fair, effective, and/or legitimate? We’re about to find out:...
View ArticleA Lose, Lose, Lose Proposition: The ICC & Palestine
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Over at Foreign Affairs today Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor Timothy William Waters explores in disquieting detail the ways all involved parties —...
View ArticleA Genocide the ICC Chooses to Ignore Is Still A Genocide
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny While restricting even stupid and/or counterproductive speech is not a great idea — isn’t it better to know what the ignorant are thinking and counter it with reason...
View ArticleWhy the World Won’t Play Army for the ICC
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Here is the opening paragraph of the AP’s latest report from the South Sudan beat: Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday urged the U.N. Security...
View ArticleSelect Women Receive Opportunity to Fail Other Women (And Everyone Else)
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny A few weeks ago we noted the International Criminal Court had reaffirmed its commitment to fail women, but it seems the aspiring transnational behemoth continues...
View ArticleCrumbling Facade: ICC Impotence Gives High Profile Member States Wandering Eyes
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny The most common misperception regarding the International Criminal Court? Simple: That its lofty rhetoric represents an end rather than a means. Sure, the Court’s...
View ArticleThe Impotence Machine Roars to Life Again: The ICC and Boko Haram
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny In a scathing, disquieting op-ed marking the one year anniversary of the abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram terrorists Global Justice Center...
View ArticleThe International Criminal Court As Weaponized Hobby Horse
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Over in Australia “prominent barrister” Julian Burnside has come up with a plan to break, however briefly, the International Criminal Court’s monomaniacal fixation...
View ArticleThe ICC Runs Into the World’s Largest Powder House Waving A Torch
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Over at the Daily Beast Andrew Novak lays out a persuasive list of reasons why Palestine is “unlikely to see results from an [International Criminal Court]...
View ArticleNo Escape: How The International Criminal Court Will Impact the 2016 U.S....
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Over at The Washington Times today Center for Freedom and Prosperity President Andrew F. Quinlan presents the International Criminal Court as Exhibit A in his case...
View ArticlePay No Attention to the Aspiring Transnational Behemoth Behind the Curtain
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Perhaps you’ve been concerned about the International Criminal Court because of the shamelessly selective enforcement of its purported mission. Or the rent-seeking...
View ArticleCuriouser and Curiouser: Hague Hypocrisy As Wonderland
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny We’ve noted previously the hammer-of-international-justice-for-thee-but-not-for-me phenomenon that seems to go hand in hand with pleas for International Criminal...
View ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Money Well Spent?
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny Kenya recently settled its outstanding 2014 “contributions” to the International Criminal Court with a €26,110 ($28,542) payment, according to the Court’s Report of...
View ArticleAbuse of Power Will Never Be Remedied By More Power
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny As he awaits his fate at the hands of Dutch immigration authorities, Mathieu Ngudjolo — the first person acquitted of crimes against humanity charges by the...
View ArticleUniversal Failure
Is failure baked into the International Criminal Court cake? Even some of the Court’s staunchest supporters seem to believe the answer is a resounding Yes. Or so we are led to surmise by a post...
View ArticleA Critics’ Chorus Grows: Desmond Tutu Vs. the ICC
By Shawn Macomber • Lawfare Tyranny The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation has released a statement regarding the recent kerfuffle between the African National Congress, a South African judge,...
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