Often when people speak in a general way about “war crimes,” they are actually referring to what is more accurately called “atrocity crimes.” So, what’s the difference? Read on to learn more and for quick definitions of other key terms.
February 24, 2026 marks four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ICJI joins our partners in the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine (ACA) in strongly condemning the flagrant and on-going violations of international law committed…
The International Criminal Justice Initiative (ICJI) is pleased to announce that the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA) included language authorizing the Department of State to continue funding for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory…
Recently, Ukrainian authorities suspected a platoon commander in Russia’s 76th Air Assault Division of "systematic and coordinated war crimes," such as murdering civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha between March 7 and April 1, 2022. The suspect’s…
The International Criminal Justice Initiative (ICJI) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of State has granted a cost amendment for an additional $3 million in funding to ICJI's project to advance accountability for atrocity crimes in Ukraine…
The International Criminal Justice Initiative at the Georgetown University Law Center is pleased to announce the re-appointment of three Senior Fellows: Irisa Cevra, Davorka Colak and Dr. Ingrid Elliott MBE. “We are delighted to renew these fellowships…
Today marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine and its civilian population. The International Criminal Justice Initiative (ICJI) condemns Russia’s systemic criminality and calls for a renewed and strengthened…
This past Tuesday, the Verkhovna Rada accepted the resignation of Andriy Kostin as Prosecutor General of Ukraine. His two-and-a-half-year tenure in that office was one of the lengthiest, and certainly one of the most consequential, of any Prosecutor General…
Thirty years ago today, on May 31, 1994, I walked into the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, to begin my tenure as a war crimes prosecutor -- the first American prosecutor to go to work in an international court since…
