As was reported last week, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has convicted two of the top Khmer Rouge officials — Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan — of crimes against humanity. This is the second case

While this blog is having some down time over the summer, I thought I would provide a link to a short but interesting article: “Improving Inter-State Cooperation for the National Prosecution of International Crimes: Towards a New Treaty?” is part

It is still fairly uncommon to hear of the Vatican being mentioned in the context of transnational crime. It is not unheard of, however; I blogged about some of the transnational aspects of the sex abuse scandal a while back,

I recently attended a conference entitled “Accountability for Leadership Participation in Universal Crimes and the Role of Judges,” which was held in Bergen, Norway under the auspices of the Chr. Michelsen Institute. Our organizer and host was Terje Einarsen, former

Further to my earlier post on the R. v. Karigar decision (Canada’s first conviction after trial under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act), Karigar has been sentenced to three years for conspiracy to bribe public officials in India. Justice

On May 7, the Quebec Court of Appeal released its decision in Munyaneza c. R. This was an appeal by the accused, Desire Munyaneza, who was convicted in 2009 on seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war

I have just returned from the Canadian Round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. As many readers will know, this is an annual (and international) moot that revolves around a hypothetical case between two states that