‘Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law: Legally-Protected Interests’ (co-edited with E.J. Buis and Song Tianying, 390 pp.): toaep.org/ps-pdf/36-berg…. And new symposium of all three volumes in the series: cilrap.org/philosophical-…. #PFICL #TOAEP #DigitalPublicGood

#Lexsitus 2.0.: 2,300-page commentary (ICC Statute and RPE) also in Arabic and French; subtitles to 234 lectures in Arabic, French and Persian; and the digest on elements of crime in Arabic, French and Spanish (cilrap-lexsitus.org). #DigitalPublicGood for laptop and PC users.

The ICC Legal Tools Database (LTD) receives the 2023 Jus Gentium Research Award from the American Society of International Law (legal-tools.org)! Thanks go to #CILRAP Fellows, LTD partners, the European Commission and other contributors to this #DigitalPublicGood.

@_CICJ_ Statement 3 (cicj.eu/statement-3/) calls on France and UK to accept #ICC jurisdiction over #aggression, States Parties to rescind Art. 15bis(5), #Ukraine to ratify the Statute, and #UNSC permanent members not to betray the Charter’s collective security provisions.

‘Religion, Hateful Expression and Violence’ (1,146 pp.), one-click access: toaep.org/ps-pdf/41-berg… (Ch. 1: legal-tools.org/doc/x0h6cl/). Case studies, normative frameworks, motivations, and measures available: time to supplement the human rights approach. #HateSpeech #TOAEP #CILRAP

My response categorically refutes all allegations made against me and WIGJ today by the Peace, Justice and Security Foundation: legal-tools.org/doc/0756ci/ The justice sector needs serious and discerning people, not noise and chaos.

'Interviewing and Interrogation: A Review of Research and Practice Since World War II' (585 pp., 52 authors, 24 chapters, toaep.org/ps-pdf/42-inte…): how non-coercive techniques yield better information elicitation. Witness evidence remains crucial. #TOAEP #Torture #Interrogation

States Parties of the #ICC should establish a Special Working Group on Ecocide at the 2024 Assembly Session, to include #ecocide in the Statute: the #ICC must be able to address serious environmental harm threatening humankind or the planet (cicj.eu/statement-4/). #ASP22

'Lady Justice Blindfolded, Not ICC States Parties’: cicj.eu/statement-5/ invites States Parties to govern the Int'l Criminal Court more incisively by “asking the Court the right questions, about important issues, at the right time”, using domestic judicial-administration experts.

Prof. David Luban receives the 2022 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award for his remarkable scholarship over 45 years: cilrap.org/luban. My policy brief ‘Peace and Reconciliation Diplomacy Challenged by Religious Hatred, Dissimulation and Denial’: toaep.org/pbs-pdf/149-be…. #CILRAP

We congratulate CICJ Steering Group member Dr. Song on this award!

At #TOAEP's toaep.org/pbs: 'Three Pivotal Norwegian Cases on Sámi Rights' (H.S. Lile), 'Towards an International Crime of Ecocide' (D. Bertram), 'Sudanese Despair and International Failure, 2003–2024: No Way Out?' (J.J. Savelsberg). #Islam_Accountability #Ecocide #ASP23

NGOs can be important partners in atrocity documentation: cicj.eu/statement-6 urges them to adhere to best interviewing practices, legal analysis and information security, and refrain from seeing documentation as a monetary or political commodity. #UniversalJurisdiction