About
About the Forum
The Forum
The JICLAgora is an independent academic forum hosted in association with the Journal of International Criminal Law (JICL). It provides a dedicated space for scholarly engagement with contemporary issues in international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and related areas of public international law.
The Forum is designed to connect academic analysis with ongoing legal developments by publishing short, focused contributions from scholars, practitioners, judges, prosecutors, and advanced researchers. It prioritises engagement with current case-law, institutional practice, and emerging normative questions in international criminal justice.
Contributions may adopt doctrinal, critical, or policy-oriented approaches, provided they remain grounded in legal analysis and maintain academic rigour. The Forum does not endorse any legal or political position and is committed to intellectual plurality and open scholarly debate.
Mission
The mission of the JICLAgora is to facilitate informed academic discussion on accountability for international crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as the broader evolution of international criminal justice.
It aims to provide an accessible platform for timely analysis of legal developments, while maintaining the standards of peer-informed scholarly discourse associated with the Journal of International Criminal Law.
Philosophy and Scope
The JICLAgora functions as a scholarly forum rather than a general blog. It encourages analytically rigorous contributions that engage directly with legal doctrine, jurisprudence, and institutional practice in international criminal law.
The Forum welcomes diverse methodological perspectives, including doctrinal, theoretical, and critical approaches, as long as they are anchored in legal reasoning and contribute to ongoing academic or judicial debates.
Its scope includes developments before international and domestic courts, interpretative controversies in international criminal law, and broader structural or conceptual challenges in the field.
The Journal of International Criminal Law
The Journal of International Criminal Law (JICL) is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 2020 under the editorship of Prof. Dr. Heybatollah Najandimanesh. Since 2023, it has been co-edited by Prof. Dr. Anna Oriolo and is published semiannually in collaboration with the International and European Criminal Law Observatory (IECLO).
The Journal focuses on international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and related fields of international justice.
Looking Forward
The JICLAgora publishes short scholarly contributions aimed at fostering timely and substantive engagement with developments in international criminal law. It seeks to build an international community of scholars and practitioners committed to rigorous analysis and constructive academic dialogue in the field of international criminal justice.