International Criminal Law ICCforum.com

What International Criminal Law ICCforum.com does

International Criminal Law ICCforum.com is a free, academically-hosted online legal journal and worldwide discussion forum focused on complex legal issues faced by the International Criminal Court. Founded in 2010 by the ICC's first prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and UCLA Law Professor Richard Steinberg, the platform is operated by the UCLA School of Law's Human Rights Project and supported by The Promise Institute for Human Rights. It publishes invited expert opinions from over 100 international legal scholars on 25+ major questions including ecocide, cyberwarfare, the Israel/Hamas conflict, gravity, sanctions, aggression, and reparations, and provides open public comment threads on each debate. The platform also hosts a video lecture series (developed in collaboration with Stanford University in 2013) and provides extensive background reference materials including the Rome Statute and Genocide Convention.

The underlying technology is a web-based online forum platform with video lecture hosting, user profiles, and threaded discussion forums. There are no disclosed proprietary technology features, AI capabilities, or APIs. The business model is non-commercial: the Forum is an academic initiative funded through institutional support from UCLA School of Law rather than through user fees, subscriptions, or advertising. The platform serves three primary user segments — legal scholars and academics (primary), law students and educators, and international justice advocates and the general public — all of whom access the resource for free. Two books compiling the first fourteen ICC Forum debates have been published through academic publisher Brill | Nijhoff, providing a secondary academic publishing revenue stream tied to institutional rather than commercial activity.

The Forum has been recognized for innovation in legal communication, receiving the 2012 HiiL Innovating Justice Award (named one of the World's Top Three Justice Innovations) and the 2013 Computerworld Laureate in the World-Good category. The organization maintains 11 employees and has no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, or commercial monetization path. Its strategic positioning rests on institutional credibility (UCLA, Promise Institute, ICC Office of the Prosecutor coordination) and a 15-year accumulated archive of expert legal commentary.

Name

International Criminal Law ICCforum.com

Legal name

ICCforum.com

Website

https://iccforum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Free online academic journal and discussion forum on international criminal law, operated by UCLA School of Law, serving legal scholars, students, and the public with expert debates on ICC issues.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

International Criminal Law Academic Debate Platform

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Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD)

Keywords

• International criminal law
• Online legal journal
• Academic discussion forum
• Legal scholarship debates
• Human rights education

Headquarters

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Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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GTM type

B2C

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Academic/Non-profit Operation: The ICC Forum operates as an academic initiative run by UCLA School of Law and supported by The Promise Institute for Human Rights. It appears to be funded through institutional support rather than commercial revenue generation.

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Core offering

The ICC Forum is an online legal journal and worldwide discussion forum publishing invited expert opinions on complex legal issues faced by the International Criminal Court. It hosts 25+ major debate topics (ecocide, politics, Israel/Hamas, cyberwarfare, gravity, sanctions, aggression, etc.), provides open public comments, hosts video lectures in collaboration with Stanford University, and compiles background materials such as the Rome Statute. Two volumes of collected debates have been published by Brill | Nijhoff.

Product overview

The ICC Forum is a single unified online platform combining an online legal journal and worldwide discussion forum focused on international criminal law. Founded in 2010 by ICC's first prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and UCLA Law Professor Richard Steinberg, the platform publishes expert opinions on ICC legal issues, hosts public debates, provides video lectures in collaboration with Stanford University, offers background reference materials including the Rome Statute, and has published books through Brill | Nijhoff. The platform covers over 25 major legal questions including ecocide, politics, cyberwarfare, gravity, sanctions, and other ICC-related topics, featuring contributions from international legal experts.

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Products and services

• ICC Forum Online Journal An online legal journal that publishes invited expert opinions and analyses on complex legal issues faced by the International Criminal Court, covering 25+ major topics including ecocide, politics, cyberwarfare, gravity, sanctions, aggression, and Israel/Hamas.
• ICC Forum Discussion Forum A worldwide discussion forum open for public comment where legal experts, scholars, and the general public debate and respond to ICC-related legal questions tied to each major Forum topic.
• ICC Forum Book Series A two-volume book series published by Brill | Nijhoff compiling ICC Forum debates: Volume I 'Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court' and Volume II 'The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals', edited by Richard H. Steinberg with forewords by Fatou B. Bensouda.

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Stanford UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013The ICC Forum collaborated with Stanford University on a 2013 Lecture Series featuring special lecture videos and debates including Universality Lecture, Peace Lecture, Victims Lecture, and others. Experts from Stanford Law School and Stanford University contributed to discussions.
• UCLA School of LawcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010UCLA School of Law runs the ICC Forum as an academic initiative. The Human Rights Project at UCLA School of Law, established in 2009, developed and utilizes web-based technologies to advance human rights and international justice, including coordination with the ICC Office of the Prosecutor.
• The Promise Institute for Human RightscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA supports the ICC Forum. Professor Richard H. Steinberg serves as Director of both the Human Rights Project and the ICC Forum.
• International Criminal Court Office of the ProsecutormajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ICC Forum coordinates work with senior staff from the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Staff visited The Hague in 2011 and 2013 to coordinate Forum activities. Some debates are developed in collaboration with the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor.
• Brill | NijhoffmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic publisher of the ICC Forum Book Series including Volume I 'Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court' and Volume II 'The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals', both edited by Richard H. Steinberg with forewords by Fatou B. Bensouda.
• InterpolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ICC has a cooperation agreement with Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization). Under Article 5 of the Cooperation Agreement, the ICC may request assistance from Interpol's specialized staff and national teams including war crime units for criminal analysis and coordination.

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Direct peers

• EJIL: Talk!: EJIL: Talk! is the blog companion to the European Journal of International Law, providing expert commentary on international law developments. It is directly comparable to the ICC Forum as an academic forum hosting expert posts on specialized international law subjects with open discussion.
• Lawfare: Lawfare is an online publication providing expert analysis on hard national security law questions, with a similar model of authoritative guest contributors and open commentary on international legal matters including the ICC. It targets the same audience of scholars, practitioners, and policy professionals.
• Opinio Juris: Opinio Juris is a well-known academic blog focused on international law, featuring expert commentary on international courts and institutions. It serves a similar audience of international legal scholars and operates on a comparable model of invited expert posts with public discussion.
• Just Security: Just Security is an online forum publishing expert analysis on international law, national security, and accountability mechanisms, frequently covering ICC proceedings. It mirrors the ICC Forum's model of curated expert opinion pieces with open discussion on contested legal questions.
• Journal of International Criminal Justice: The Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press) is a peer-reviewed academic journal specifically focused on international criminal law and the ICC. It directly competes with the ICC Forum's scholarly content for readership among international criminal law academics.

Broad incumbents

• American Journal of International Law (AJIL): AJIL is the most prestigious peer-reviewed journal in international law, published by the American Society of International Law. While not focused solely on ICC issues, it is the broader incumbent scholarly publication in the field that the ICC Forum's expert network also contributes to and draws credibility from.

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