Carlos Gil Gandía Professor of Public International Law and International Relations University of Murcia There is something deeply disconcerting about the fact that, having devoted a good part of the last century to building a legal order intended to prevent the repetition of the worst atrocities in history, we find ourselves once again debating whether force may prevail...
Today, 24 July 2026, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is meeting in an extraordinary session at the United Nations headquarters in New York to decide on the possible removal of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A. A. Khan KC. This is an unprecedented situation – as, for...
Every 17 July, the world recalls that in 1998 the international community decided, for the first time on a permanent and institutional basis, that the most serious crimes against humanity would not be consigned to oblivion nor would they depend solely on the political will of states. The adoption of the Rome Statute led to...
At FIBGAR, we are pleased to present the event report of the Congress on International Criminal Justice: Advances and Challenges in the Fight against Impunity, held on 26 February in Barcelona, in collaboration with the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. The Congress was...
At FIBGAR, we have been working for several months on the development of our upcoming project: the International Criminal Justice Congress: Progress and Challenges in the Fight Against Impunity. The primary objective of this event is to create a space for analysis, reflection, and dialogue on the current challenges facing international criminal justice, with particular...
On June 6, 2024, the German Parliament approved a landmark legislative reform: the Law for the Development of International Criminal Law, which came into force in August of the same year. This measure represents a decisive step forward in strengthening universal jurisdiction in Germany and effectively protecting the rights of victims of international crimes. The reform...
On this day, July 17, 1998, the Statute of the International Criminal Court (the “ICC”) was adopted in Rome by the international community and entered into force on July 1, 2002. International criminal justice was born with the intention of ensuring that no one is above the law, especially when it comes to heinous crimes...
