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The Security Council 'Situation': Challenging the Independence of the International Criminal Court

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dc.contributor.author King, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned 2012-12-18T03:56:05Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-02T00:09:11Z
dc.date.available 2012-12-18T03:56:05Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-02T00:09:11Z
dc.date.copyright 2011
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28252
dc.description.abstract The International Criminal Court, being a tribunal for adjudicating upon the "most serious crimes of concern to the international community" is intended to operate independently, the concept of a 'situation' in art 13 of the Rome Statute allowing the Prosecutor of the Court to determine where to investigate and prosecute free of political pressures. However, the United Nations Security Council, having a definite interest in the administration of international criminal justice and a role in triggering the operation of the ICC, may attempt to define the bounds of a situation through a referral resolution. The effectiveness of this purported limitation on the Court's capacity is difficult to ascertain given that the nature of the ICC's jurisdiction and the corresponding degree of independence that it is to assert when operating pursuant to the Security Council triggering mechanism are ambiguous and contestable. The author seeks to consider how the term 'situation' may be interpreted under the various understandings of the Court which exist. Further, some suggestion is made as to how the ICC may be conceptualised as an institution so as to ensure that it maintains a degree of independence and institutional legitimacy, despite undertaking prosecutions pursuant to a politicised Security Council referral. en_NZ
dc.format pdf en_NZ
dc.language en_NZ
dc.language.iso en_NZ
dc.publisher Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
dc.subject ICC en_NZ
dc.subject International Criminal Court en_NZ
dc.subject Security Council en_NZ
dc.subject Situation en_NZ
dc.title The Security Council 'Situation': Challenging the Independence of the International Criminal Court en_NZ
dc.type Text en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unit School of Law en_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden 390111 International Law en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw Bachelors Research Paper or Project en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline Law en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
thesis.degree.name Bachelor of Laws with Honours en_NZ


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