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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790221103321

Autore

Kastner Philipp

Titolo

International criminal justice in bello? [[electronic resource] ] : the ICC between law and politics in Darfur and Northern Uganda / / by Dr. Philipp Kastner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012

ISBN

1-283-85585-2

90-04-22596-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

International humanitarian law series ; v. 34

Disciplina

341.6

Soggetti

International criminal courts - Political aspects

Sudan History Darfur Conflict, 2003-

Uganda History 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The conceptual framework – international criminal justice and armed conflicts -- Chapter 2 The factual framework - the conflicts in northern Uganda and Darfur -- Chapter 3 The referrals of the two situations to the ICC Prosecutor -- Chapter 4 The effects of the ICC involvement on the conflicts – no justice without peace? -- Chapter 5 A possibly proactive role of the ICC Prosecutor through his prosecutorial discretion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The International Criminal Court (ICC) plays a particularly delicate role in situations of ongoing armed conflicts, both from a legal and a political perspective. While the primary objective of the ICC Statute is to end impunity, States Parties and the UN Security Council were mainly driven by political considerations when they triggered ICC jurisdiction over the situations in northern Uganda and Darfur. In this book, the author discusses strategies within the legal framework governing the Court to counter such politicization. He concludes that although the ICC can have beneficial effects on ongoing armed conflicts, its primary raison d’être should not be to influence politics but to continue to fight impunity in the long run.