van Sliedregt, E., (2024) A New ICC Policy on Complementarity? Let’s Fast Forward to Universal Jurisdiction Allocation, Just Security Blog

“The International Criminal Court (ICC) is not a world court. Its membership does not include some of the most powerful States: United States, China, India. Still, 124 States have ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC and have accepted the Court’s power to investigate and prosecute serious violations of international law. The arrest warrants issued against Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Commissioner of Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova as well as the Prosecutor’s requests for arrest warrants in the situation in Palestine have raised the ICC’s profile as a player on the international scene. The Court is, however, an institution with limited (financial) means, requiring it to be selective in which cases it takes on […]”

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