OUVRAGE : R.H. Steinberg (ed.), The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals

Richard H. STEINBERG

The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals 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: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Obtaining Evidence; Outreach: Challenges Communicating with Victims, Witnesses, and Others; ICC State Party Withdrawals; Measuring the ICC’s Performance; The Crime of Aggression: Scope and Anticipated Difficulties; The Rome Statute at Twenty: Reform Proposals.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Foreword, Fatou B. Bensouda
Preface, Richard H. Steinberg

Notes on Contributors
List of Abbreviations

PART 1: SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: COOPERATION IN OBTAINING EVIDENCE

Richard H. Steinberg, Introduction to Part 1: The Challenge of Obtaining Evidence in SGBV Cases

1. Alex Whiting, New Institutions to Support First Responders
2. Christian De Vos, Betsy Apple, Securing Cooperation by Redefining It
3. Susana SaCouto, Improving NGO and IGO Capacity to Gather Evidence
4. Kim Thuy Seelinger, Securing Improved Cooperation

PART 2: OUTREACH: CHALLENGES COMMUNICATING WITH VICTIMS, WITNESSES, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

Richard H. Steinberg, Introduction to Part 2: The Outreach Challenge

5. Alison Cole, States Must Support the ICC’s Use of Technology for Outreach
6. Francisco O. Ramirez, Formal and Informal Human Rights Communication and Teaching
7. Patrick Vinck and Phuong N. Pham, Localizing Outreach
8. Christopher and Olga Werby, Practical Strategies

PART 3:THE ICC WITHDRAWAL ISSUE

Richard H. Steinberg, Introduction to Part 3: The Issue of State Party Withdrawal

9. M. Cherif Bassiouni, Concerning the ICC Withdrawal Problem
10. Kamari Maxine Clarke, African Withdrawals and Structural Inequities
11. Richard Dicker, A Court Worth Having: Defending the Integrity of the Rome Statute
12. David Scheffer, Three Realities about the Africa Situation at the ICC

PART 4: MEASURING SUCCESS: THE PERFORMANCE ISSUE

Richard H. Steinberg, Introduction to Part 4: The Performance Issue and Metrics of Success

13. Geoff Dancy, Methodologies and Design of Performance Indicators
14. Daniel Krcmaric, Empirical Analysis of the Tradeoff Between Conflict Termination and Atrocity Deterrence
15. Gabrielle Louise McIntyre, Assessing Performance in Context
16. Yuval Shany, The Limited Utility of the ICC’s Performance Indicators
17. Carsten Stahn, Performance Indicators: A Double-Edged Sword

PART 5: THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION ISSUE

Richard H. Steinberg, Introduction to Part 5: The Crime of Aggression Issue

18. Dapo Akande, Understanding the Aggression Amendments
19. Benoit D’Aboville, Difficulties Not to be Underestimated
20. Yoram Dinstein, Three Difficult Problems
21. Donald M. Ferencz, The Crime of Aggression: Definition, Jurisdiction, and Scope of Application
22. Tom Ruys, Not Undermining the Use of Force Legal Framework
23. Sarah Sewall, The Crime of Aggression and the Responsibility to Protect

PART 6: THE ROME STATUTE 20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: IMAGINING THE ICC’S FUTURE

Richard H. Steinberg, Introduction to Part 6: Reform Proposals

24. William Schabas, Reforms to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency
25. Adama Dieng, Building Support Through Enhanced Cooperation, Outreach, and Knowledge-Sharing
26. Fausto Pocar, Returning to Customary Law
27. Goran Sluiter, Reforms to Enhance State Cooperation and Address Witness Interference
28. Richard Dicker, Improving Investigative, Arrest, and Prosecution Strategies
29. Leila Sadat, Meeting Challenges: Politics, Trial Processes, and Early Judicial Work
30. Carla Ferstman, Focusing on Core Messages and Human Rights
31. Dapo Akande, Talita de Souza Dias, Peace Negotiations as “Interests of Justice”
32. Bing Bing Jia, Reflections on the ICC’s Relationship with the United Nations and Regional Courts
33. David Scheffer, Improving Communication with Non-states Parties

Index

Richard H. STEINBERG (ed.), The International Criminal Court: Contemporary Challenges and Reform Proposals, Leiden, Brill/Nijhoff, 2020 (374 pp.)