The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Challenge to Impunity

by Politi,Mauro

• ISBN13: 9780754621546
• ISBN10: 0754621545
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book focuses on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, gathering contributions by leading scholars and diplomats. It examines the main features of the Statute, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses, the role of the ICC in the international protection of human rights and the impact of the ICC Statute on the international criminal justice system. It also offers an evaluation of the prospect for the functioning of the ICC in the future.

Table of Contents

The International Criminal Court

Its Main Features

Some reflections on the Rome conference

The Rome statute of the ICC: rays of light and some shadows

The experience of the preparatory committee

The international criminal court in perspective: from the Rome conference to the years to come

International criminal court: the role of the security council

The role of the security council and the independence of the international criminal court: some reflections

The Rome statute of the international criminal court: expectations of the jurisdiction

The role of the prosecutor

The international criminal court: jurisdiction, trigger mechanism and relationship to national jurisdictions

The International Criminal Court and the International Protection of Human Rights

Introductory remarks

The Rome statute of the international criminal court and human rights

Crimes against humanity and the Rome statute of the international criminal court

War crimes in international armed conflicts

War crimes and internal conflicts in the statute of the international criminal court

The protection of children's rights in the statute of the international criminal court

The status of the individual in the statute of the international criminal court

State's crime and individuals' crimes: what relationship?

The International Criminal Justice System After the Rome Conference

The preventive and the repressive function of the international criminal court

The international criminal court and national jurisdictions

Follow up to Rome: preparing for entry into force of the statute of the international criminal court

Current political developments and their impact on the future of the international criminal court

The obligation to co-operate with the international criminal court and states not party to the statute

Observations on the appeal before the international criminal court

Some remarks on the settlement of disputes in the Rome statute of the international criminal court

The status of third states before the international criminal court

Criminally protected legal interests at the international level after the Rome statute

Prospects for the Functioning of the International Criminal Court

Some practical remarks on the early functioning of the international criminal court

Scenarios of implementation of the statute of the international criminal court

Round table: prospects for the functioning of the international criminal court, participants

Conclusions

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