The Future of the International Criminal Court. On Critique, Legalism and Strengthening the icc’s Legitimacy

@article{Hoon2017TheFO,  title={The Future of the International Criminal Court. On Critique, Legalism and Strengthening the icc’s Legitimacy},  author={Marieke de Hoon},  journal={International Criminal Law Review},  year={2017},  volume={17},  pages={591-614},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:148713827}}
  • Marieke de Hoon
  • Published29 June 2017
  • Law, Political Science
  • International Criminal Law Review
While the International Criminal Court (ICC) strives for justice for atrocity crimes throughout the world, increasingly, its legitimacy is undermined: powerful states refuse to join, African states prepare to leave, victims do not feel their needs for justice are met. This article argues that this is due to contradicting assumptions and too many objectives attached to the expectations of international criminal justice, which pull and push what the criminal trial is supposed to do in too many… 

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