Fernando M. Fernández* Versión en español aquí. In Venezuela, the judicial practice of the so-called «bad arrest, good detention» or mala captus, bene detentus has been established, a controversial and interesting doctrine of international criminal law, which has allowed suspects to be apprehended in other countries in an irregular manner and then the detention to be legalized locally. The […]
Carlos Lusverti* Versión en español, aquí. What do Burundi, Libya, Myanmar, South Sudan and Venezuela have in common? All of them have been the focus of independent investigation mechanisms established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate serious human rights violations occurring in these countries. Regarding Venezuela, in 2019 the Council adopted resolution 42/25 establishing an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), which is an international investigative body […]
Naomi Roht-Arriaza* Versión en español aquí. Judges listened attentively as Maun Tung Khin argued, in English, before an Argentine appeals court via videolink. He reminded the judges of attacks on his community half a world away in Myanmar, carried out by military and paramilitary forces. Villages attacked, women raped, families forced to flee as their homes […]
Access to Justice* Lee la versión en español aquí. Victims of human rights violations, activists, government officials and the media were eagerly awaiting this day. The reason? It was expected that the outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, would announce whether she would continue investigating the crimes against humanity that occurred in […]
Michelle Reyes Milk* El pasado 2 de septiembre, el mundo del Derecho Penal Internacional fue una vez más sacudido por un nuevo acto de intimidación contra la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) por parte de la administración de Trump, esta vez dirigido a la más alta autoridad en materia de investigación: la propia Fiscal de la […]
Justicia en las Américas 