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Image Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/world/middleeast/rafah-bombing-hostage-rescue-gaza.html Genocide which is referred to as the “the crime of crimes”,[1] is perpetrated against persons that hail from a particular group and who are targeted because of such belonging. The discriminatory intent which can take multifarious inhumane forms must be accompanied by the intention to destroy, in whole or in part,[2] the […]

Image Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-death-toll-from-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-reaches-4-651/3029134 1.    Article 8 of the Rome Statute Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court[1] governs war crimes committed, as part of a plan or policy or as a part of a large-scale commission of crimes, in an armed conflict of international character or non-international character. These acts, to

Image Source: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/rescuer-pulls-out-the-dead-body-of-a-little-girl-from-the-news-photo/1715808238 1.    Article 7 of the Rome Statute Crimes against humanity are gross and violent actions in opposition to a human being’s dignity, and fundamental values. Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) has laid out what actions constitute these crimes.[1] Israel’s gross commission of crimes against

Cemented upon the adoption of the Rome Statute, 1998 (‘the Statute’), the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’) was established with the sole purpose of culminating the perpetuation of impunity possessed by the perpetrators of grave international violations, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in 2002, holding a seat at the Hague, the Netherlands[1]. Owing

Image Source: OMCT SOS-Torture Network, Pakistan takes first step towards making torture a crime < https://www.omct.org/en/resources/statements/pakistan-takes-the-first-step-towards-making-torture-a-crime > accessed 31 January 2023. Introduction Under International Law, acts such as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are considered ‘torture’[1] and are strictly prohibited under the primary international human rights instruments, namely, (the 1975 UN Declaration against