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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Isabelle Hassfurther

Isabelle Hassfurther is a legal advisor in the International Crimes and Accountability program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR).

POSTS BY Isabelle Hassfurther

12 June 2024

Isabelle Hassfurther

Gelungene Änderungen und verpasste Chancen

Am 6. Juni 2024 hat der Deutsche Bundestag nach einer letzten Aussprache das Gesetz zur Fortentwicklung des Völkerstrafrechts verabschiedet. Die Reform war lange überfällig. Die Reform führt im Sinne der erklärten Ziele tatsächlich zur Schließung von Strafbarkeitslücken. Inwiefern Völkerstrafverfahren für die Überlebenden selbst und für die Zivilgesellschaften der Tatortstaaten langfristig zugänglicher werden, liegt nun allerdings im Ermessen der Gerichte und bleibt abzuwarten. Continue reading >>

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24 February 2024

Isabelle Hassfurther

Accountability for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

Two years have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine – an act of aggression which 141 states of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) condemned as such shortly after. This crime of aggression has brought unimaginable suffering to the people of Ukraine. As this blog will highlight in the following, a reform of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning the crime of aggression is necessary and long overdue. The current jurisdictional regime leaves accountability gaps, which have become painfully visible in the past two years. Plausible suggestions for the reform are already out there – it ultimately “all depends on the political will” of the 124 ICC state parties. Continue reading >>

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