The International Criminal Court, if fully suported, offers a modicum of justice and accountability for Israeli and Palestinian victims who have suffered for far too long.
With one crisis seemingly leading on to the next, the field of international criminal justice appears to be in perpetual crisis.
The International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, is the only permanent international court adjudicating on the criminal responsibility of individuals.
Hillebrecht’s clearly written book is the first to fully consider cases of backlash to international courts and puts forward relevant policy prescriptions.
Black-boxing the internal structure of the norm pushes us to think about contestation surrounding particular behavioural prescriptions in overly dichotomous terms.
The ICC remains guilty of a ‘complacency of complementarity’, wherein the Court heralds the dispensing of distanced justice over respecting existing national processes.
The ICC acts as a beacon of mainstream transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict settings, which is demonstrated through the ‘peace versus justice debate’.
Adam Bower’s important book makes a valuable contribution to constructivist scholarship and particularly its study of the role of law in international relations.
Prof. William Schabas discusses his new book project, the ICC’s jurisdiction, its relationship with the United States and enthusiasm for international criminal justice.
By tracing the relation between R2P and the ICC in the Kenyan case, Sharma’s study reveals unexpected outcomes of a collision between national and international law.
