The following blog post summarizes Alternate Judges as Sine Qua Nons for International Criminal Trials (48 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 67 (2015)) by Megan A. Fairlie. For well over a year, Vojislav Šešelj’s prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has been placed on hold. The delay is designed to allow replacement Judge Mandiaye Niang time to familiarize himself with the record of Šešelj’s more

This Article examines the notion of superior responsibility of civilians for international crimes committed in civilian settings.  The doctrine of superior responsibility grew out of the military doctrine of command responsibility, and its evolution is informed by this origin.  Jurisprudence and academic writers emphasize that the doctrine is applicable to civilian superiors of military or paramilitary organizations, but there has never been a detailed analysis of the doctrin