The international criminal court : : contemporary challenges and reform proposals / / edited by Richard H. Steinberg ; foreword by Fatou B. Bensouda.

• VerfasserIn: Steinberg, Richard H., 1960-
• TeilnehmendeR: Bensouda, Fatou, 1961-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals is a collection of essays by prominent international criminal law commentators, responsive to questions of interest to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Topics include: - Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Obtaining Evidence - Outreach: Challenges Communicating with Victims, Witnesses, and Others - ICC State Party Withdrawals - Measuring the ICC’s Performance - The Crime of Aggression: Scope and Anticipated Difficulties - The Rome Statute at Twenty: Reform Proposals.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Fatou B. Bensouda -- Preface -- Richard H. Steinberg -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Cooperation in Obtaining Evidence -- Introduction to Part 1: The Challenge of Obtaining Evidence in SGBV Cases -- Richard H. Steinberg -- 1 New Institutions to Support First Responders -- Alex Whiting -- 2 Securing Cooperation by Redefining It -- Christian De Vos and Betsy Apple -- 3 Improving NGO and IGO Capacity to Gather Evidence -- Susana SaCouto -- 4 Securing Improved Cooperation -- Kim Thuy Seelinger -- Part 2: Outreach: Challenges Communicating with Victims, Witnesses, and Other Stakeholders -- Introduction to Part 2: The Outreach Challenge -- Richard H. Steinberg -- 5 States Must Support the ICC’s Use of Technology for Outreach -- Alison Cole -- 6 Formal and Informal Human Rights Communication and Teaching -- Francisco O. Ramirez -- 7 Localizing Outreach -- Patrick Vinck and Phuong N. Pham -- 8 Practical Strategies -- Christopher and Olga Werby -- Part 3:The ICC Withdrawal Issue -- Introduction to Part 3: The Issue of State Party Withdrawal -- Richard H. Steinberg -- 9 Concerning the ICC Withdrawal Problem -- M. Cherif Bassiouni -- 10 African Withdrawals and Structural Inequities -- Kamari Maxine Clarke -- 11 A Court Worth Having: Defending the Integrity of the Rome Statute -- Richard Dicker -- 12 Three Realities about the Africa Situation at the ICC -- David Scheffer -- Part 4: Measuring Success: The Performance Issue -- Introduction to Part 4: The Performance Issue and Metrics of Success -- Richard H. Steinberg -- 13 Methodologies and Design of Performance Indicators -- Geoff Dancy -- 14 Empirical Analysis of the Tradeoff Between Conflict Termination and Atrocity Deterrence -- Daniel Krcmaric -- 15 Assessing Performance in Context -- Gabrielle Louise McIntyre -- 16 The Limited Utility of the ICC’s Performance Indicators -- Yuval Shany -- 17 Performance Indicators: A Double-Edged Sword -- Carsten Stahn -- Part 5: The Crime of Aggression Issue -- Introduction to Part 5: The Crime of Aggression Issue -- Richard H. Steinberg -- 18 Understanding the Aggression Amendments -- Dapo Akande -- 19 Difficulties Not to be Underestimated -- Benoit D’Aboville -- 20 Three Difficult Problems -- Yoram Dinstein -- 21 The Crime of Aggression: Definition, Jurisdiction, and Scope of Application -- Donald M. Ferencz -- 22 Not Undermining the Use of Force Legal Framework -- Tom Ruys -- 23 The Crime of Aggression and the Responsibility to Protect -- Sarah Sewall -- Part 6: The Rome Statute 20th Anniversary Issue: Imagining The ICC’s Future -- Introduction to Part 6: Reform Proposals -- Richard H. Steinberg -- 24 Reforms to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency -- William Schabas -- 25 Building Support Through Enhanced Cooperation, Outreach, and Knowledge-Sharing -- Adama Dieng -- 26 Returning to Customary Law -- Fausto Pocar -- 27 Reforms to Enhance State Cooperation and Address Witness Interference -- Goran Sluiter -- 28 Improving Investigative, Arrest, and Prosecution Strategies -- Richard Dicker -- 29 Meeting Challenges: Politics, Trial Processes, and Early Judicial Work -- Leila Sadat -- 30 Focusing on Core Messages and Human Rights -- Carla Ferstman -- 31 Peace Negotiations as “Interests of Justice” -- Dapo Akande and Talita de Souza Dias -- 32 Reflections on the ICC’s Relationship with the United Nations and Regional Courts -- Bing Bing Jia -- 33 Improving Communication with Non-states Parties -- David Scheffer -- Index.