The Principle of Complementarity
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Principle of Complementarity
Original language description
This chapter analyses existing practice concerning the backbone of the Rome Statute, part of an admissibility test to be assessed once the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is established: the principle of complementarity. Its basic premise is that states are primarily responsible for the investigation and prosecution of crimes under international law, including war crimes. Thus, in ideal situation, should states carry their obligations perfectly, the principle would render the ICC superfluous. In a real world, however, the principle counts with states being "unwilling or unable" genuinely to carry out these obligations, and under those conditions, the ICC steps in. As such, the principle is a tool to solve vertical conflict of jurisdictions (domestic and international). As the ICC has exercised its jurisdiction for more than 22 years, it has already had an opportunity to elaborate upon the principle, yet certain unclarity remains. This chapter critically points out some problematic interpretations and deals with both theoretical, yet not addressed topics, as well as those already addressed by the ICC case law.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Prosecution of War Crimes before the ICC. Achievements and Challenges
ISBN
978-3-031-84215-3
Number of pages of the result
28
Pages from-to
47-74
Number of pages of the book
212
Publisher name
Palgrave Macmillan Cham
Place of publication
Cham
UT code for WoS chapter
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