International Criminal Court in Its Third Decade

Carsten Stahn is Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice at the Leiden Law School and Queen’s University Belfast. He holds a Ph.D. and habilitation from Humboldt University Berlin.Rafael Braga Da Silva is an Associate Appeals Counsel at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). He holds a LL.M. from University for Peace and United Nations Interregional Criminal and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). He also holds a LL.M. Adv. Studies in Public International Law cum laude, from the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University.

"This book serves as an essential resource for both scholars and practitioners who wish to gain a deeper insight into ICC law and practice. It provides a thorough examination of the court’s key achievements and ongoing challenges, equipping readers with the knowledge to critically assess the court’s role in the coming decade."Carolina Carvalho, University of Coimbra, International Affairs, Volume 101, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 343–344.

• ForewordPrefaceList of TablesNotes on ContributorsPart 1Setting the Scene1 The icc in Its Third Decade: Setting the SceneCarsten StahnPart 2The icc in Context: General Reflections2 Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the International Criminal CourtPhilippe Kirsch3 Looking Back and Looking Forward: How to Expand the Global Reach of the icc?Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi4 Trust Fund for Victims: Reparations: a Critical Aspect of Justice at the iccMinerva Tavárez Mirabal5 The International Criminal Court at 20: the Role of Civil SocietyElizabeth Stevenson6 The icc at 20 from the Rome Statute’s Entry into Force: Looking Backwards and Forward, or Learning from Mistakes and Building on AchievementsDavid Donat CattinPart 3New Frontiers in Investigations and Prosecutions7 Innovation and Technology in Building Modern Investigations and Prosecutions at the iccKarim Khan8 Collaboration between the Office of the Prosecutor and Third-Party InvestigatorsRafael Braga da Silva9 Intersectional Approaches to Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes: Sexual and Gender-Based CrimesPriya Gopalan10 ‘No-Win Scenarios’ in Situation and Case Selection: a Call for a Holistic ConversationDarryl RobinsonPart 4Revisiting Trials and Procedures11 Judicial Control of Investigations: Some Synopsis of Past and Present PerspectivesMohamed M. El Zeidy12 The Inquisitorial/Adversarial Divide and Its Specific Context at the iccRaul C. Pangalangan13 Reflecting on the Rights of the Defense at the International Criminal Court: the Importance of Ensuring Fair Trials to Deliver Exemplary JusticeJennifer Naouri and Dov Jacobs14 Victim Participation at the icc—Putting the Concept in (Good) PracticePhilipp AmbachPart 5Cooperation and Complementarity15 Behind the Scenes: the Essential Role of Cooperation in an Effective TrialPeter Lewis16 Crystallizing Complementarity: a New Gambit?Priya Pillai17 Making Space for Victims in the icc’s Evolving Complementarity RegimesLorraine Smith-van Lin and Fiona McKay18 National Implementation of the Rome Statute as a Critical Precondition for Complementarity and CooperationOlympia BekouPart 6Confronting Institutional Challenges19 The Gap: Gender and Geographical Imbalance at the icc, 20 Years OnAngela Mudukuti20 Funding the icc for Its Third DecadeStuart Ford21 ‘Nor Is It Neutral’: New Technologies and the International Criminal CourtAlexa Koenig and Lindsay Freeman22 Is the International Criminal Court succeeding in Providing Justice to Victims?Carla FerstmanPart 7Looking to the Future23 The Evolving System of International Criminal JusticeMuriel Ubéda-Saillard24 The International Criminal Court of the FutureLeila Nadya Sadat25 Reflections on Ecocide as a Fifth Crime Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtPhoebe Okowa and Olivia Flasch26 Aggression against Ukraine: and an Object Lesson in icc’s Contributions to International JusticeChile Eboe-Osuji27 One Regime to Rule Them All: Harmonizing the Conditions for the Exercise of Jurisdiction over Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal CourtAstrid Reisinger Coracini28 Re-imagining the icc in a Multipolar WorldCarsten StahnIndex