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Harvard Law School, Professor of Practice. Former international prosecutor at ICTY, ICC, and KSC, and former federal prosecutor at SCO and USAO Boston and DOJ.

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‘Facts matter’ - Harvard Law School Former U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith discussed his Harvard years, and his long career as a prosecutor, and his belief in the rule of law.

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04.03.2026 21:34 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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What a Proper Investigation of Alex Pretti's Killing Would Look Like Former prosecutor in Criminal Section of DOJ Civil Rights analyzes evidence and need for proper investigation of Alex Pretti's killing.

With the tardy decision to open a civil rights investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, former civil rights prosecutor Julia Gegenheimer tells what the investigation should look like. What has been lost investigatively by waiting so long. www.justsecurity.org/129654/inves...

30.01.2026 18:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What a Proper Investigation of Alex Pretti's Killing Would Look Like Former prosecutor in Criminal Section of DOJ Civil Rights analyzes evidence and need for proper investigation of Alex Pretti's killing.

www.justsecurity.org/129654/inves...

25.01.2026 01:56 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Source With Kaitlan Collins - The Source - 1/23 - Julia Gegenheimer Powered by SnapStream Cloud Sharing

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24.01.2026 18:13 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Opening an Investigation of ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Analysis by a veteran of the Criminal Section of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division of the basis for investigation of ICE agent Jonathan Ross.

Emerging Evidence Provides Basis for Opening Investigation of ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good at www.justsecurity.org/129439/inves...

22.01.2026 18:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The New Civil Rights “Backstop”: How DAs and AGs Can and Must Investigate ICE Abuses Mapping the new role for state law enforcement authorities in prosecuting criminal violations of Americans' civil rights.

www.justsecurity.org/129071/feder...

19.01.2026 13:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What to expect in the criminal prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro NPR's Leila Fadel asks former international and federal prosecutor Alex Whiting what legal arguments can be expected in the prosecution of Nicolas Maduro.

What to expect in the criminal prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

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06.01.2026 12:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nine Stories That Deserved More Attention in 2025 What stories or topics merited more attention in 2025, and which might inform law and policy conversations in 2026?

Includes my shout out to the International Criminal Court www.justsecurity.org/127747/nine-...

23.12.2025 18:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers If the United States chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice.

Must read by @marknevitt.bsky.social on why killing survivors at sea is a moral & strategic disaster for all of us:

"If America chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice."

www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...

02.12.2025 05:45 👍 237 🔁 113 💬 11 📌 4
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I believe folks know the important work we're doing at @justsecurity.org, especially in these challenging times.

But we made this short video as a reminder!

We really need your support this #GivingTuesday.

For tax-deductible gifts: justsecurity.org/donate/

02.12.2025 13:43 👍 334 🔁 109 💬 5 📌 5
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

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Trump Targets Domestic Terrorism, James Comey Indicted YouTube video by Harvard Ash Center

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01.10.2025 12:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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29.08.2025 13:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'The ICC must act now to clear its reputation so that it is able to carry out its crucial work' OP-ED. Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has 'temporarily stepped down' from his duties due to allegations of sexual misconduct. James A. Goldston, a former ICC staff member ...

It’s been three months since Jim Goldston published this and still no decision at the ICC. That is incredible, and terrible for the court, particularly at a time when it is under attack from so many quarters. www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

27.08.2025 17:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Raising the Cost of U.S. Coercion Against the ICC Previous administrations reinterpreted, evaded, or selectively engaged with international law. Trump is delegitimizing and dismantling it.

www.justsecurity.org/119583/raisi...

26.08.2025 13:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Inner Workings of the International Criminal Court A review of Yvonne McDermott, “Proving International Crimes” (Oxford University. Press, 2024).

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

22.08.2025 17:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rethinking ICC Reform Ahead of the Special Session States should use this session to reinforce the ICC’s foundations and ensure it can credibly discharge its existing mandate.

This analysis is spot on. www.justsecurity.org/116359/rethi... Rethinking ICC Reform Ahead of the Special Session

08.07.2025 14:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US sanctions have upended work at the ICC - The World from PRX After the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu back in November, the Trump administration announced sanctions against the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, and its officials, employ...

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16.05.2025 02:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Will Putin or Netanyahu ever face the International Criminal Court? The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, but is the court working as it should be?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

09.04.2025 04:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who Will Join Duterte at the ICC? A Plea for Realism A critique of the International Criminal Court’s policy of focusing predominantly on leadership cases, arguing that, in practice, this leads to impunity for all.

After former Philippine President Rodrigo #Duterte’s arrest, Ward Ferdinandusse writes, the #InternationalCriminalCourt should focus not on more leadership cases, “but rather how it can become more effective and have more trials.”

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www.justsecurity.org/108890/icc-p...

21.03.2025 13:06 👍 30 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
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Why the ICC Should Respect Immunities of Heads of Third States An analysis concluding that the International Criminal Court’s denial of immunity to heads of State of non-State parties violates international law.

The #InternationalCriminalCourt’s denial of immunity to sitting heads of State of non-State parties runs counter to international law, writes Ward Ferdinandusse.

“The ICC’s treatment of immunities gives short shrift to their importance for global stability.”

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19.03.2025 13:01 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0