Founding Editor
Antonio Cassese
Editor-in-Chief
Salvatore Zappala
About the journal
The Journal of International Criminal Justice aims to promote a profound collective reflection on the new problems facing international law. Established by a group of distinguished criminal lawyers and international lawyers, the Journal addresses the major problems of justice from the angle of law, jurisprudence, criminology, penal philosophy, and the history of international judicial institutions.
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Why Submit?
The Journal of International Criminal Justice was established by a group of distinguished criminal lawyers and international lawyers, with the goal of disseminating high quality and impactful research. There are many reasons to join our author community.
2023 Special Issue: Autonomous Weapon Systems and War Crimes
This special issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice is part of the research output of a 4-year project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, entitled Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and War Crimes: Who is to Bear Criminal Responsibility?
Special Issues published in JICJ
The JICJ has published many Special Issues. The full list of all 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.
