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

• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2016]; ©2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (495 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.01
• Soggetto topico: Criminal jurisdiction
• Persona (resp. second.): SteinbergRichard H. <1960->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Issue • The Obligation to Arrest in the Darfur Context • Appropriate Limitations on Oversight • The ICC and Prevention of Crimes • Reparations • Proving Mass Rape • Focus on Africa: Is the ICC Biased? • Increasing Rates of Apprehension and Arrest Richard H. Steinberg is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California (Los Angeles), and Editor-in-Chief of www.ICCforum.com, a collaboration with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Fatou B. Bensouda, who wrote the foreword, is Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary issues facing the International Criminal Court
• ISBN: 90-04-30445-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798149303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II