International Criminal Court

The man who issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders was then accused of sexual misconduct and voted out. Can the ICC survive the dismissal of its chief prosecutor?

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Rome Statute shows how international legal institutions are increasingly being seen as instruments of imperialism.

This is the first time the court has issued a warrant for the head of government of a major Western ally. European states must abide by it and not follow the US in condemning it.

Since its inception in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants and summons to appear to 51 individuals accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and…

Without the world's most powerful state, the United States, the ICC's effectiveness has been diminished. This has emboldened many of its non-Western allies to hold off joining.