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Jack Goldsmith, in his guest essay in the New York Times on August 8 th, argued that the prosecution of Trump for criminal actions in connection to the 2020 presidential election “may have terrible consequences” for the US legal and political system...

Helen Clapp “Transitional justice is a polarized terrain – both in practice and in study.” Daniel Marin-Lopez, Kathryn Sikkink, and Patrick Vinck delved into the complications and contradictions inherent in the Colombia Truth Commission and the field of...

Kathryn Sikkink Last week, I attended an invigorating workshop on the need for an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC), organized by the American Academy of Arts and Science (AAAS), under the leadership of Robert Rotberg and Judge Mark Wolf. Some of...

Phuong Pham, Kathryn Sikkink, and Patrick Vinck The Biden administration and its allies have acted with unprecedented alacrity to impose far reaching sanctions and diplomatic pressures on Russia for its illegal invasion of Ukraine. They now need to add...

Helen Clapp and Kathryn Sikkink The latest support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) comes from an unlikely source: a bipartisan, unanimous resolution by the U.S. Senate. Introduced by Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senate Resolution 546 (S.Res.546) in...