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The Past, Present and Future of the International Criminal Court

Alexander Heinze and Viviane E. Dittrich, 2021
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This edited volume provides a broad perspective on the International Criminal Court's development over time and explores some of its topical issues, achievements, challenges and critiques. The anthology combines reflections from scholars and practitioners and includes voices from inside and outside the Court, featuring multiple readings of its activities, practice and developments. In line with the volume's title, the authors portray the establishment and development of the Court (hence the theme ‘past’), critically engage with its successes and challenges (‘present’) and draw conclusions on its achievements and way forward (‘future’). The book examines five key topics: prosecutorial policy and strategy, jurisdiction and admissibility, victims and witnesses, defence issues, and legitimacy and independence. It also includes a number of papers and speeches given at the Nuremberg Forum 2018.

The book includes chapters by Benjamin B. Ferencz, Leila Nadya Sadat, Christopher ‘Kip’ Hale, Katarína Šmigová, Fannie Lafontaine and Claire Magnoux, André C. U. Nwadikwa-Jonathan and Nicholas E. Ortiz, Fergal Gaynor, Andrea Marrone, Anderson Javiel Dirocie De León, Adedeji Adekunle, Ellie Smith, Christoph Safferling and Gurgen Petrossian, Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo, Hilde Farthofer, Benjamin Gumpert and Yulia Nuzban, Philippe Currat and Brice van Erps, Cara Cunningham Warren, Nicolai von Maltitz and Thomas Körner, Shannon Fyfe, Barbara Lochbihler, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Heiko Maas, Fatou Bensouda and Bertram Schmitt, in that order; and by the editors themselves. The book also includes a foreword by Piotr Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court, and by Mama Koité Doumbia, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims.

Table Of Contents

Foreword by the Series Editor 
Preface by the Editors 
Foreword by Piotr Hofmanski 
Foreword by Mama Koité Doumbia

  1. The International Criminal Court: Between Continuity and Renewal 
    By Viviane E. Dittrich
  2. Attacked, Applauded, Threatened, Universalized. Or: A Wednesday at the International Criminal Court 
    By Alexander Heinze

PART I: STOCKTAKING: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD

  1. Is Power or Reason the Way to Peace? 
    By Benjamin B. Ferencz
  2. Justice without Fear or Favour? The Uncertain Future of the International Criminal Court 
    By Leila Nadya Sadat
  3. The Way Forward for the International Criminal Court and its Stakeholders: Focus Inward 
    By Christopher R.F. Hale
  4. The Relevance of the Nuremberg Principles as a Source of Law for Decision Making of Subsequent International Criminal Judiciary 
    By Katarína Šmigová 

PART II: CONTEXT AND CONSTRAINTS 

SECTION A: PROSECUTORIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE

  1. Prosecuting "The Most Responsible": The Law and Politics of the Expectation and Strategy 
    By Fannie Lafontaine and Claire Magnoux
  2. The Use of Non-Governmental Investigatory Bodies at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: An Offer We Can(not) Refuse? 
    By André C. U. Nwadikwa-Jonathan and Nicholas E. Ortiz

SECTION B: JURISDICTION AND ADMISSIBILITY: NORMATIVE CONSIDERATIONS AND PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION 

  1. General Assembly Referral to the International Criminal Court  
    By Fergal Gaynor
  2. The Complementary Global Regimes Working for Peace and Justice and the Pursuit of Universal Jurisdiction 
    By Andrea Marrone
  3. Complementarity and Due Process as a Question of Admissibility: From Fighting Impunity to Seeking Justice? 
    By Anderson Javiel Dirocie De León
  4. The Dynamics of Complementarity and Preliminary Examinations  
    By Adedeji Adekunle 

SECTION C: VICTIMS AND WITNESSES

  1. Trauma in the Witness Stand - Effective Evaluation of Trauma-Impacted Testimony at the International Criminal Court 
    By Ellie Smith
  2. Five Categories of Victims and the Consequences on the International Criminal Court 
    By Christoph Safferling and Gurgen Petrossian
  3. Judicial Protective Measures for Victims and Witnesses vis-à-vis External Actors at the International Criminal Court 
    By Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo
  4. The Development of Witness Evidence Law at the International Criminal Court  
    By Hilde Farthofer 

SECTION D: DEFENCE ISSUES: PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES 

  1. Length of Proceedings at the International Criminal Court: Context, Latest Developments, and Proposed Steps to Address the Issue 
    By Benjamin Gumpert and Yulia Nuzban
  2. Founding an International Criminal Court Bar  
    By Philippe Currat and Brice van Erps

SECTION E: LEGITIMACY AND INDEPENDENCE

  1. Cultivating the Court’s Legitimacy and the Use of Constructivism to Prepare for Head of State Aggression Prosecutions 
    By Cara Cunningham Warren
  2. Defining Situations at the International Criminal Court 
    By Nicolai von Maltitz and Thomas Körner
  3. Politics and the Institutional Integrity of the International Criminal Court  
    By Shannon Fyfe

PART III: ACHIEVEMENTS AND LEGACY: REFLECTIONS ON THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROME STATUTE

  1. Quo vadis, International Criminal Court? The European Union’s Role and Responsibility to Support the International Criminal Court in Good Times and in Bad Times  
    By Barbara Lochbihler
  2. Russia and the International Criminal Court: From Uncertain Engagement to Positive Disengagement  
    By Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov
  3. Speech by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Nuremberg Forum 2018 Marking the Twentieth Anniversary of the Rome Statute 
    By Heiko Maas
  4. Speech by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the Nuremberg Forum 2018 Marking the Twentieth Anniversary of the Rome Statute 
    By Fatou Bensouda
  5. The Twentieth Anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court  
    By Bertram Schmitt 
     

Index  
TOAEP Team

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