Author: Nabil M. Orina

[Nabil M. Orina is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. He holds a PhD from City University of Hong Kong.] President Trump’s sanctions against the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (the Court), Fatou Bensouda and the Head of Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, Phakiso Mochochoko have rightly attracted condemnation from states as well...

[Nabil M. Orina is a Lecturer at Moi University, School of Law (Kenya) and a Doctoral Candidate at City University of Hong Kong.] Various studies have theorised the relationship between the ICC (the Court) and states. In these studies, scholars have sought to understand what normative effect the Court has on situation countries through the principle of complementarity (see, for instance, Nouwen). It is apparent...