This is predominantly an empirical study into who is prosecuted for international crimes at the domestic level. Four interrelated questions are researched in this project:

(i) how does case selection work?

(ii) to what extent do prosecutorial services and immigration authorities work together?

(iii) which rules and/or policy goals drive prosecutorial policies?

(iv) to what extent is there coordination and/or collaboration with foreign prosecutorial services.

The PhD researcher will conduct field work in 8 countries, 2 weeks per country. Interviews are semi-structured and conducted by two interviewers, one of whom takes notes.  

Researcher:  Gezy Schuurmans