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25 Sep From Immunities to the Afghanistan Decision – Talking International Criminal Justice with Stephen Rapp
like this? Civil society organisations need to be a part of the independent assessment I mentioned earlier to ensure that states do not use it as an opportunity to curtail the independence of the ICC. They are important to ensure that the Court will pursue cases without fear or favour. They are important as supportive critics of the ICC who want it to be more effective while some states might wish it to be less effective. An effective ICC is necessary even to strengthen domestic justice. A key part to...28 Feb Japan to Join the ICC
to internationally ensure the establishment of status of and the independence of activities of counsels for defendants and victims before the ICC. When Japan accedes to the Rome Statute, Japan will become the largest financial contributor to the ICC. Japan should consider this as an opportunity to contribute to overall matters of the ICC. As trials progress and tasks expand in the ICC, more and more personnel, including legal practitioners, are wanted. Japan should create an environment to enable Japanese legal practitioners and other specialists to participate in the ICC....
01 Nov While Pursuing International Justice at the ICC, the US and UK Must Ensure Justice at Home
...UK have recently expressed support for the ICC since the prosecutor announced that he was opening an investigation of the situation in Ukraine. The UK pledged military and police personnel as well as an additional 1 million, to support the court and the US passed a senate resolution expressing support for the Court and urging other states to do the same. Though both states have wielded their considerable political and economic might to secure impunity for their nationals and military both at the ICC and in their domestic system, they...30 Jul Libya Thumbs Its Nose at the ICC — Again…
intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi on the same charges. On July 18 the Hague-based ICC rejected Tripoli’s request to keep Seif in Libya for trial, saying that Libya remained “obliged” to hand over Seif to the court. Libya’s representative to the ICC, Ahmed al-Jehani said that as soon as Seif is transferred to Tripoli, the Libyan government would again appeal the ICC decision. Mr al-Jehani added: “The ICC decision is based on Seif al-Islam’s detention in Zintan and not under the control of the judicial authorities in Tripoli. This (ICC) decision...10 Feb Protesting Too Much About Samantha Power and the ICC
...is not because an ad hoc would do a better job (an argument that Power does an excellent job in debunking) but because, essentially, we don’t like the ICC. Moreover, regarding the torture in Abu Ghraib and the (ever increasing) allegations about Guantanamo, one should note that the reason the ICC prosecutor isn’t investigating is because the prosecutor himself does not believe the ICC has jurisdcition over any of these claims. If the ICC actually was some out-of-control international tribunal, as the over-heated rhetoric of some of the its detractors...
31 Jul Crime of Aggression Negotiations Blocked by France, the United Kingdom, and Canada
and conditions for the ICC’s exercise of jurisdiction over it had to be negotiated later (Rome Statute Art 5.2.) When agreement on those was reached by consensus of all ICC States Parties in 2010 (see Kampala resolution), the crime—largely at the insistence of the United States—was made subject to an exceptional jurisdictional regime that significantly reduces the ability of the ICC to investigate or prosecute the crime. (For details, see Trahan, Reisinger Coracini, McDougall here and here.) Further restrictions were placed, or arguably placed, on the ICC‘s exercise of jurisdiction as...
07 Oct Symposium on Gender Representation: The International Criminal Court’s “Boys Club” Problem
of State or their Minister of Foreign Affairs. Efforts to address the national level gender imbalance must continue but it is incumbent upon ASP representatives to proactively make decisions that reflect an appreciation for gender balance when appointing members to committees or groups. ICC Staff At the Court itself, according to the 2020 Report of the Bureau on Equitable Geographical Representation and Gender Balance in the Recruitment of Staff of the ICC (Gender and Geographical Representation Report), as of 30 September 2020, the ICC staff was 49.2 percent female and...06 Sep Why Kenya Won’t Withdraw from the ICC
There has been much consternation and hand-wringing about the Kenyan parliament’s decision to table a motion to withdraw from the ICC. I understand the fear; Kenya’s withdrawal would obviously be a sign that Kenyatta and Ruto no longer intend to cooperate with the Court. Withdrawal could also encourage other African states to leave the ICC, which they have not seemed particularly keen to do, despite their incessant protests that the Court is little more than a neo-colonial instrument of the West that is (in one memorable description) “hunting” Africa. That...09 Oct Revisiting the Peace-Justice Debate in northern Uganda
...which point the ICC cannot investigate. This, however, brings up its own political problem for the ICC: should the Court investigate crimes committed in conflicts with origins and dynamics reaching far before 2002? As I have argued before, the ICC should think twice about investigating situations with roots long before July 1st 2002. If the ICC is understood as an institution which needs both legal and political legitimacy in order to be successful, investigating only the last bits of a conflict may be a recipe for disaster. It may make...30 Jun ICC Labor Woes Part II: What’s Two Million Euros Between Friends?
To date, the former Registrar’s actions have cost the ICC at least €855,000. And an informed source says there are approximately 15 more ReVision complaints pending, which the Court can obviously expect to lose. So the Registrar’s actions — almost always in defiance of the ICC’s own Appeals Board — could end up costing the Court more than €2,000,000. At a time when the ICC is already facing a significant budget crunch, that’s horrific. The ICC elected a new Registrar on 28 March 2018. We can only hope his personnel...