CILRAP has produced Persian Lexsitus, the leading resource on international criminal law in the Persian language (Farsi). A digital public good, Persian Lexsitus offers immediate access to, inter alia, a library of more than 200 subtitled lectures and a commentary on the Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court. It was launched in The Hague on 1 December 2025 and can be used without paywall or registration.

The Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP) has published three international criminal law books in Persian, freely available through these links:

• Terje Einarsen, The Concept of Universal Crimes in International Law;
• Wolfgang Kaleck, Double Standards: International Criminal Law and the West;
• Morten Bergsmo, Emiliano J. Buis and Song Tianying (editors), Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law: Legally-Protected Interests.

Chapters of Morten Bergsmo and Kishan Manocha (editors), Religion, Hateful Expression and Violence have also been translated and will become available below on this page.

CILRAP’s thematic library on ‘Islám and Accountability’ contains several publications in English on Iran. CILRAP and its partners remain committed to supporting study and research on international criminal law among Persian-speakers.