OXFORD — Eighty years after the architecture of modern international law was forged from the ashes of the Second World War, the global human rights regime faces an existential crisis of legitimacy. Across established democracies, a rising nationalist-populist tide has cast foundational human rights treaties not as shields for the…
By Josep Borrell July 17, 2026 The International Criminal Court (ICC) stands at a precarious precipice. For decades, the institution has served as the final bastion of accountability for the world’s most heinous crimes—genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Yet, today, the Court finds itself under a coordinated, multi-front…
