Ending Impunity for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes: The International Criminal Court and Complementarity in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lake
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Complementarity in Practice: The International Criminal Court as Part of a System of Multi-level Global Governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM W. BURKE-WHITE
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Judicial Reform ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Multi Level

This article asserts the emergence of multi-level global governance through an analysis of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The article suggests a far deeper set of influences than previously anticipated, presenting research on how the ICC is directly influencing Congolese domestic politics and how some actors within the Congo are seeking to manipulate the Court for their own political benefit. Further, the article considers the self-referral by the Congolese government, the early impact of complementarity, and efforts at judicial reform in the Congo. In the process the article develops a set of criteria to evaluate the ‘total or substantial collapse’ provisions of the complementarity regime.

The ICC's Potential for Doing Bad When Pursuing Good

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Schiff
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Atrocity Crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) seeks to end impunity for the atrocity crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and, eventually, crimes of aggression. My contribution to this discussion takes a consequentialist view to outline ethical hazards confronting the court. Since the ICC has only recently begun to operate, with its first suspect, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of the Democratic Republic of Congo, arriving in The Hague in 2006 and his trial completed only in the fall of 2011 (and awaiting a verdict in 2012), it is too early to reach a general appraisal of the court's effects.

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