Norm Contestation, Sovereignty and (Ir)responsibility at the International Criminal Court

Emanuela Piccolo Koskimies has recently got her PhD from the University of Helsinki (with distinction). She has held several visiting fellowships, including at the School of Law and Social Justice of the University of Liverpool, the Centre for the Politics of Transnational Law (CePTL) of the VU University Amsterdam, the Global Governance Unit of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), the School of Law and Politics of Cardiff University, in addition to being a Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) fellow. Her research and teaching have encompassed the broad field of Critical International Theory, with a special focus on critical approaches to the formation of normative orders, critique of liberal orders, and post-qualitative approaches to social research. With a long record of solidarity activism, the author has also held several roles in governmental, international, and local organisations and institutions, operating in that capacity in several regions worldwide.

“This book asks whether, and to what extent, the International Criminal Court (ICC) strengthens what several commentators herald as a transition towards a regime of ‘sovereignty as responsibility’. … As such, it will be of interest to a broad range of audiences, including those working in International Relations and international political theory, the emergence of norms and the inner workings of international organizations.” (Erna Burai, International Affairs, Vol. 99 (4), 2023)

• Chapter 1. Introduction. Beyond the Practice-Norm Gap.- Chapter 2. Sovereignty and the Life-Cycle of Norms Revisited.- Chapter 3. Shaping Sovereignty as Responsibility at the ICC (Part I): The Rome Statute.- Chapter 4. Shaping Sovereignty as Responsibility at the ICC (Part II): The Test of Institutional Practice.- Chapter 5. Conclusions. Irresponsible Sovereignty: A Dead-End?