Raphaël van Steenberghe

Raphaël van Steenberghe graduated in law and philosophy from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in 2001 and 2002. He also holds an LL.M. in international law from Cambridge University (UK). He obtained a doctorate in law at UCLouvain. His Ph.D. thesis dealt with self-defence under public international law. He carried out postdoctoral research on several topics, including the obligation to extradite or prosecute international crimes, at New York University (USA), the Geneva Academy of Humanitarian Law (Switzerland) and Columbia University (USA). Since 2014, he is a FNRS Research Associate and Professor at UCLouvain. He founded the International Law of Armed Conflict Team (ILOAC-T) in 2016. His areas of expertise include public international law, the law on the use of force (jus ad bellum), international humanitarian law, human rights in armed conflict, international criminal law and international environmental law in armed conflict. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including La légitime défense en droit international public (Larcier, 2012) and Le droit international humanitaire comme régime spécial de droit international? (edited volume, Bruylant, 2013).

Al Hassan Symposium – Fair Trial Guarantees under the Law of Armed Conflict: how can they be realistic for armed groups?

By Raphaël van Steenberghe / February 24, 2025

On 30 September 2019, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed, inter alia, the charge of war crime of passing sentences without due process against Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud (Al Hassan). The accused was an alleged member of the Islamic police created by the AQMI/Ansar Dine coalition …

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