Five years of the international criminal court: Waiting for a day in court

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The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over people committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and takes cases only if there is no local judicial system and willing or able to deal with them adequately. Various measures of success are proposed for International Criminal Court and a further measure of success might be how far it provides an incentive for states to prosecute international crime themselves, or its ability in strengthening national judicial systems in post-conflict reconstruction.

United States, International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands)

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Russia's Constitutional Court and the birth-pangs of democracy

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The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation serves in part to ask aloud the questions others dare not, and to speed up the formation of the new state's foundations. Recent issues before it included the extents of Russian territory and whether the Constitution that created the Court, and which it is the Court's purpose to uphold, is in fact legitimate. It also found that territorial integrity takes primacy among all constitutional principles, and that the President's authority supersedes the Constitution's.

Separation of powers, Russia. Constitutional Court

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An expanding Court

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The International Court of Justice at The Hague is an important resource in resolving international conflicts. Despite the Court's inability to enforce its rulings, these rulings can influence diplomacy between disputant nations. The Court's method of adjudication is perhaps best suited for long-standing regional disputes. The Court, the forum of international law, should be promoted as a means of ameliorating international disputes over human rights and the environment.

Usage, International law, International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands)

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