Rogier Bartels
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Rogier Bartels is a Legal Officer in Chamber (Trial Division) at the International Criminal Court, researcher at the Amsterdam Center for International Law of the University of Amsterdam, and part-time judge at the District Court of Amsterdam.
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Time to fix the Rome Statute and add the crime of starvation in non-international armed conflicts!
December 3, 2019
Rogier Bartels
This week the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ASP) meets in The Hague for its 18th session. On the agenda is the Swiss proposal to amend Article 8 (“War crimes”) of the Rome Statute by adding a non-international armed conflict version of the war crime of starvation of…
In Memoriam: Frits Kalshoven
The world has lost one of its greatest international humanitarian law scholars. On Wednesday 6 September 2017, at the respectable age of 93, emeritus professor Frits Kalshoven passed away. Professor Kalshoven was one of the most well-known and respected international humanitarian law (IHL) scholars, but above all, he was a very kind, warm and humble person…
IHL Does Not Authorise Detention in NIAC: A Reply to Sean Aughey and Aurel Sari
February 16, 2015
Rogier Bartels
As noted by Sean and Aurel, the appeals proceedings in Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence have sparked a renewed debate about detention in non-international armed conflict (NIAC). They have set out their arguments in an interesting article and in summary form in this post. I am not convinced by their arguments though, and despite the…
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Time to fix the Rome Statute and add the crime of starvation in non-international armed conflicts!
December 3, 2019
Rogier Bartels
This week the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ASP) meets in The Hague for its 18th session. On the agenda is the Swiss proposal to amend Article 8 (“War crimes”) of the Rome Statute by adding a non-international armed conflict version of the war crime of starvation of…
Prlić et al.: The Destruction of the Old Bridge of Mostar and Proportionality
July 31, 2013
Rogier Bartels
Rogier Bartels is a legal officer in Chambers at the International Criminal Court. The views expressed in this post (and in the article referred to, which was written before he joined the Court) are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of the ICC. He blogs at the Armed Groups and International Law…
In Memoriam: Frits Kalshoven
The world has lost one of its greatest international humanitarian law scholars. On Wednesday 6 September 2017, at the respectable age of 93, emeritus professor Frits Kalshoven passed away. Professor Kalshoven was one of the most well-known and respected international humanitarian law (IHL) scholars, but above all, he was a very kind, warm and humble person…