Welcome from the Executive Board
The most serious crimes in the modern world, on any reasonable definition, are acts that are largely committed, instigated or condoned by governments and their officials: for example, genocide, war crimes, torture and corruption. However, state crime is under-acknowledged by popular and academic authors. Calling these activities ‘crimes’ should be uncontroversial as they violate internationally recognised norms.
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Get Green and Ward Book Here“state organisational deviance involving the violation of human rights” (Green and Ward, 2004:2)
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The Gaza People’s Tribunal
Examining allegations of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
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‘Searing analysis of judicial behaviour in the retrial of Filton 6’ by David Whyte, Director, Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice
How the Filton 6 trial neutered the jury MAY 13, 2026 The Filton 6 trial will go down as one… Read More
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ISCI Report Launch: Prof Jeremy Keenan on Mali’s Genocide (2023/24)
Report launch presenting evidence of genocide against the Tuareg population of northern Mali. Read More
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We oppose genocide so we support Palestine Action
UK law professors declare support for Palestine Action in this open letter opposing genocide and defending the right to nonviolent… Read More
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An Unlawful War – Richard Falk
The UN Charter couldn’t be clearer: Article 2(4) prohibits all uses of international force except in selfdefense. Richard Falk analyses… Read More
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State Crime Journal
State Crime is the first peer-reviewed, international journal that seeks to disseminate leading research on the illicit practices of states.
Current Articles
- Introduction: Southern State Crime Criminology
- The Imperial Extractivist Boomerang: The Spectre of (Un)just Transition in Spain
- All-Out Against the Mafias.” Optics-Based Governance of the Security Issue in the Cambiemos Administration in Argentina (2015–19)
- The Criminalization of Social Movements during the Bolsonaro Government (2019–22)
Major ISCI Projects
2025-2027: ‘The humanitarian camp as a site of genocidal reproduction?’ (Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship)
2016-2017: ‘Uncovering their Tracks: State Crime in Central Asia’ (Open Society Foundation)
2015-2018: ‘The Role of Public Relations Corporations in State Crime Denial’ (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship)
2014/15: ‘Rapid Descent into Genocide in Myanmar?’ (Economic and Social Research Council)
2011-2014: ‘Resisting State Crime: A Comparative Study of Civil Society’ (Economic and Social Research Council)
Flashback to ISCI Seminar Series (2016/17)
Thursday, 20 April 2017: Truth for Giulio Regeni: State Crime and Justice for Egypt’s Disappeared with Dr. Anne Alexander, University of Cambridge and Shane Enright, Amnesty International, UK’s Trade Union Campaigner
State Crime Journal ‘Palestine – Israel’ Special Issue Launch
June 2016
