ABSTRACT
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has prescribed provisional measures that Israel and Russia must observe. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued warrants of arrest for the leaders who allegedly committed international crimes in Gaza and Ukraine. But the ICJ ruling has been ignored, and the ICC warrants of arrest have yet to produce concrete results. Meanwhile, fighting has expanded into neighboring countries in the Middle East, and troops from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are helping Russian military forces in Ukraine. No realistic negotiations about long-term peace are in sight, and the media appears to have lost interest in the conflicts. Further action from the ICJ and ICC can still be organized to generate standards of justice and momentum for action. The creation of a new tribunal with enhanced sanctions to confront Russia with its acts of aggression and to prosecute this crime of aggression would augment Ukraine's negotiation leverage, and complement existing European endeavors to build financial, military and political support. A legal strategy composed of all these efforts can be utilized in a coordinated manner for managing current crises.
