Aiding and abetting

SLIC* collaboration with NEXOS
Mexico's Civil Litigation Against US Gun Manufacturers and Dealers for Cartel Violence: Developing a Standard of Corporate Complicity in Gross Human Rights Violations
Could companies in the Netherlands face criminal liability for ‘facilitating’ 8kun?
Aiding and abetting liability for social media platforms in relation to ‘image-based sexual abuse’ – a way around Article 14 (1) of EU Directive 2000/31?
Re-innovating the grapes of wrath: the responsibility of Russian cluster munitions manufacturers under the Rome Statute
George Floyd, Mitch Henriquez and criminal liability for police bystanders
Secondary Liability and Terrorism – Spill-over to other international crimes?
Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Liability Gap, Part One: Introduction to Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Criminal Liability
CIA Black Sites and Extraordinary Rendition Before the European Court of Human Rights – Some Thoughts from a Secondary Liability Perspective
The Cases of Kouwenhoven and Poch and the Fine Line Between Guilt and Innocence for Assisting in the Commission of War Crimes
Recent Domestic Developments on Corporate Criminal Assistance in Atrocity Crimes
News
20.06.2025
Ava Schuster

19 June: Nicky Touw's PhD defense

In December 2019, Nicky Touw joined the Rethinking SLIC project as a PhD candidate. On Thursday, the 19th of June, she publicly defended her PhD dissertation entitled "Access to Evidence and the
Criminal law
23.07.2025
Julia Garcia Lujambio

The Easy Way Out? Common Purpose Liability for Cyber-Enabled Crimes

The use of advanced technologies to commit international crimes is increasing, and thereby raising challenges in framing new accountability mechanisms within the existing legal parameters.
Criminal law
02.06.2024
Guusje van der Vorst and Ava Schuster

Reflections on the final Rethinking SLIC* conference

On 30 and 31 May 2024, we hosted the final Rethinking SLIC* conference at the University of Amsterdam. In this blog, we reflect on some key discussions during this conference.
Criminal law
27.05.2024
Göran Sluiter

The application for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant and three Hamas leaders - a victory for justice?

On 20 May 2024, the prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, announced that he has applied for arrest warrants against three Hamas leaders and Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, and Defence Minister,
Criminal law
23.11.2023
Göran Sluiter

Are Dutch government officials complicit in war crimes committed by Israel?

Recent coverage by the NRC Handelsblad reveals that the Netherlands supplies spare parts for Israel's F35s – a type of combat aircraft. Despite warnings from legal advisers that through this supply