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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
19 July 2018
Why the International Criminal Court should be supported
This week marked 20 years since the signing of the Rome Statute, the international treaty that brought into existence the International Criminal Court (ICC), a court created to prosecute war crimes committed throughout the world. In the UK the anniversary went largely unnoticed; yet it deserves a nod of recognition by those who believe in justice and the fight against impunity. Moreover, it serves as a reminder that the UK can and should play its part by using its own universal jurisdiction (the ability to prosecute international crimes that have no connection to the UK) to investigate and prosecute those suspected of such crimes who are found in the UK.
16 July 2018
Long arm of the law: new powers to gather electronic evidence overseas
The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill puts forward a new proposal to speed up the process of securing access to electronic evidence held outside the UK. The legislation is rapidly making its way through parliament, and has received little attention thus far. The Overseas Production Order (OPO) would, no doubt, enable information to be shared across borders much more quickly. Nevertheless, the proposals as set out should be assessed with a critical eye: the safeguards for the data subject are limited, with few checks and balances protecting the rights of the individual.
10 July 2018
Celebrating 20 Years of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The idea of an international court which could try political leaders for war crimes was first proposed following the First World War. That ambition was realised on 17 July 1998 with the signing of the Rome Statue leading to the formation of the International Criminal Court (“the ICC”), the first permanent international court tasked with trying the most serious international crimes.
28 June 2018
International families and the price of child relocation without consent
The recent case of a British mother of three young children who was extradited from the United States to England to face criminal charges relating to child abduction and passport fraud serves as a stark reminder of the heartbreaking predicament that an international family can face upon the breakdown of a relationship.
21 June 2018
Tackling the big issues in International Criminal Justice
There are big questions facing the world of justice. At the annual International Bar Association (IBA) Conference on International Criminal Law the current issues such as terrorism and the permissible use of force, the new ICC crime of aggression, the role truth plays in the justice process, and whether the future of international criminal law will be in domestic courts were all deliberated.