Founding Editor
Antonio Cassese
Editor-in-Chief
Salvatore Zappala
About the journal
JICJ addresses the major problems of justice from the angle of law, jurisprudence, criminology, penal philosophy, and the history of international judicial institutions...;
Find out moreSpecial issues from JICJ
Call for Papers: New Technologies and the Investigation of International Crimes Special Issue
The guest co-editors, Emma Irving, Alexa Koenig, Yvonne McDermott, and Daragh Murray, together with the Journal of International Criminal Justice Editorial Board, invite paper submissions for a forthcoming symposium on new technologies and the investigation of international crimes. The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2020.
2019 Special Issue: Starvation in International Law
The latest Special Issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice explores the relationship of starvation with the broader concepts of hunger and food insecurity, and identifies challenges in the implementation of the relevant international legal provisions.
Special Issues published in JICJ
The JICJ has published many Special Issues in addition to the recent issue focused on Starvation in International Law. The full list of previously published special issues including a brief description and editorial details can be found below.
Prize-winning articles
JICJ Prize: 2019 Winner
Luca Poltronieri Rossetti
His article, 'The Pre-Trial Chamber’s Afghanistan Decision: A Step Too Far in the Judicial Review of Prosecutorial Discretion?' is free to read online.
JICJ Prize: 2018 Winner
Talita de Souza Dias
Her winning article, 'The retroactive application of the Rome Statute in cases of Security Council referrals and ad hoc declarations: An appraisal of the existing solutions to an under-discussed problem' is free to read online.
Antonio Cassese Prize
2015-2016 Winners: Miles Jackson and Asad Kiyani
Dr Jackson's articles, 'A Conspiracy to Commit Genocide: Anti-Fertility Research in Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme' and 'Regional Complementarity: The Rome Statute and Public International Law', and Dr Kiyani's article, 'Group-Based Differentiation and Local Repression: The Custom and Curse of Selectivity' are freely available to read online.
Find out more about the Cassese Prize and read about previous winners.
JICJ on the OUPblog
Sexual exploitation and abuse by UN Peacekeepers
Is the ICC an option for accountability of UN Peacekeepers, given the absence of prosecution under sending states? Melanie O’Brien discusses the possibility.
South Africa and al-Bashir’s escape from the ICC
Nerina Boschiero discusses al-Bashir’s visit to Johannesburg in June 2015 and his non-arrest by South Africa.
FIFA and the internationalisation of criminal justice
The day after the raid, Rob Cryer considers whether the arrest of US FIFA officials in Switzerland represents an internationalization of criminal law.
OUPblog collection from JICJ
We've gathered together a list of all the OUP Blog posts written by JICJ authors and contributors from over the years.
