Contemporary issues facing the International Criminal Court / / edited by Richard H. Steinberg ; foreword by Fatou B. Bensouda.

Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court 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: • Jurisdiction: The 2008-2009 Gaza Issu...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (495 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Richard H. Steinberg
  • Introduction to Part 1 / Richard H. Steinberg
  • No Jurisdictional Basis for an Investigation Pursuant to the Palestinian Declaration / George P. Fletcher
  • Press Releases, Not Arrest Warrants: Interpreting the icc Prosecutor’s Moves in Relation to the Gaza Situation / Marlies Glasius
  • Palestine and the International Criminal Court: Asking the Right Question / Michael Kearney
  • Palestine is a State so the Consent Declaration is a Valid Basis for Investigation by the ICC / John Quigley
  • The ICC Should Not Accept the Palestinian Declaration as that of a State / Yaël Ronen
  • Introduction to Part 2 / Richard H. Steinberg
  • The Impact of the Genocide Convention on the Obligation to Implement ICC Arrest Warrants / Dapo Akande
  • Head of State Immunity as a Bar to Arrest / Paola Gaeta
  • Closing the “Impunity Gap” and the Role of State Support of the ICC / Makau W. Mutua
  • State Obligations in Implementing Arrest Warrants / William Schabas
  • State “Cooperation Issues” in Arresting Al Bashir / Göran Sluiter
  • Introduction to Part 3 / Richard H. Steinberg
  • The Proposed Independent Oversight Mechanism for the International Criminal Court / José E. Alvarez
  • The Independent Oversight Mechanism Does Not Have Authority to Investigate and Decide Alleged Misconduct by Staff in the Office of the Prosecutor / Nicholas Cowdery AM QC
  • The Role of the Assembly of States Parties for the ICC / Max Du Plessis and Christopher Gevers
  • Establishing a Transparent and Effective Oversight Machinery and the Need for Constructive Dialogue between the Assembly, Court Officials, and Civil Society / Akbar Khan
  • A Reasonable Request: Requiring Prosecutor Authorization Prior to Any Investigation by the Independent Oversight Mechanism / Harmen van der Wilt
  • Introduction to Part 4 / Richard H. Steinberg
  • The ICC Would Increase Its Prevention Ability If the Prosecutor’s Discretion were More Visibly Limited / Kenneth Anderson
  • The Court Should Avoid all Considerations of Deterrence and Instead Focus on Creating a Credible and Legitimate Normative Environment in Which Serious Crimes are Not Tolerated / Tomer Broude
  • Maximizing the icc’s Crime Prevention Impact Through Positive Complementarity and Hard-Nosed Diplomacy / William W. Burke-White
  • The Crime Prevention Potential of the International Criminal Court Depends Upon its Credibility and the Support it Receives from Governments and Especially those of States Parties to the Rome Treaty / Richard Goldstone
  • Maximizing Opportunities to Deter Further Atrocity Crimes / Ambassador David Scheffer
  • Introduction to to Part 5 / Richard H. Steinberg
  • Victims’ Rights and Participation in icc Proceedings and in Emerging Customary International Law / M. Cherif Bassiouni
  • The icc Should Avoid Paternalistic or Bureaucratic Approaches to Determining Victims’ Needs and Wants and Should Award Reparations to Promote Victims’ Dignity and Agency / Carla Ferstman
  • Reparations in the Wake of Atrocities: A Plan for Encouraging Participation by Governments / Saul Levmore
  • Reparations before the icc: The Need for Pragmatism and Creativity / Frédéric Mégret.