This Note compares the Morrocan-Polisario Front conflict over Western Sahara to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in hopes of taking the legal lessons from Israel and learning the best path forward for the Western Sahara conflict. Read the full Note here:

By examining the historical precedent and contemporary manifestations of sexual violence in armed conflicts and honing in on the instances of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Ukraine, this Note elucidates the multifaceted nature of sexual violence as a tool of terror and control, underscores its enduring impact on survivors and communities, and advocates for the state implementation of measures to address and prevent such atrocities. Read the full Note here:

This Note looks to see whether a fiduciary claim similar to the one found in Trevorrow v State of South Australia may be replicated in a Tucker or Indian Tucker Act claim brought by boarding school survivors. Read the full Note here:

Inspired by the work of Benjamin B. Ferencz, this Article proposes separating the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) from the Office of the Prosecutor. Read the full Article here:

The key argument of this Article is that Ben Ferencz did not simply pioneer the field of international criminal justice, for which he was right recognized as one of its first-ever practitioners and chief architects, but that his work was in fact foundational to the field of transitional justice as a whole. Read the full Article here:

This Article critiques the practice of head of state immunity in some countries and the ban of such immunity under international criminal...

This Essay examines the role of precusor that the jurisprudence on "other inhumane acts" can play to anitcipate the express incorporation of new forms of crimes against humanity in a Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. Read the full Article here:

This Essay discusses the ICC's current jurisdiction over the crime of aggression, the gaps in the jurisdictional regime, and how States...

This piece introduces and contextualizes Ferencz’s worldview during the Cold War by situating it among several prominent Cold War...