Universal Jurisdiction: Road to Justice for the Yazidis?

Almost seven years following ISIL’s genocide against the Yazidi community, will justice ever be served? Germany offers a glimmer of hope for accountability.

Roberta Spiteri • March 25, 2021

Indigenous injustice and the power of the land

David Peat argues that Native American and Western cultures have clashed from the beginning. The differences form the basis of disputes about land ownership, the outcome of which we all know, and even touches on the current environmental crisis.

Wim Bonis • December 19, 2018

South China Sea Arbitration: Non-appearance and the Guarantee of Justice

In the South China Sea Arbitration case, the tribunal rendered a final award without the appearance of China. A default decision is permitted under current international law. However, it is meaningful to discuss whether it can guarantee justice.

Xuechan Ma • August 04, 2016

Letting offenders pay, part 2

The British Justice department recently announced that the 'criminal court charge' is to be scrapped. Even though the charge penalises the poor, plans for a similar charge are still in place in the Netherlands.

Gwen van Eijk • December 09, 2015

To plead or not to plead? Now Finns have to worry about it too

Plea bargaining was introduced in the Finnish criminal procedure in January 2015 to ease the burden on the courts. Considering the current sentencing practice in Finland, how does plea bargaining fit into the mix?

Karola Kolomainen • October 31, 2015

The feminine face of justice

Though women until quite recently had no role to play in the legal world, justice has always been represented in a feminine way. Now that more women are studying law and entering the legal professions, justice will finally get an earthly feminine face.

Wim Bonis • November 22, 2013 • 1 comment

The Injustice System

Crime novels are great holiday reading. So is The Injustice System. A murder in Miami and a trial gone wrong, in which Clive Stafford Smith combines a who-done-it with a Grisham-like plot of one man against the system. This book, however, is non-fiction.

Joop de Kort • August 12, 2013 • 1 comment

Should Grotius still be considered the founding father of international law?

For many Grotius is nearly synonymous with modern international law. But a close reading of the great jurist’s Law of War and Peace may call the consensus into question.

Jonathan Price and Diederik Boomsma • April 25, 2013 • 4 comments

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