Justice

The recent issuance of arrest warrants against high profile accused by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has put the Court back into the spotlight of both its supporters and critics. The attempts to indict and try President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Commander Min Aung Hlaing have opened the ICC to heightened scrutiny, meaning that the Court’s capacity to administer fair proceedings is also very much on trial. One of the consequences of administering remote international justice from The Hague, is that the ICC operates without a state framework, and is at the mercy of its States Parties for many of its core functions. These 124 States Parties,...