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Remarks by Lorraine Smith-van Lin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2021

Lorraine Smith-van Lin
Lorraine Smith-van Lin*
Affiliation:
Independent consultant specializing in human rights and international criminal justice. She previously worked as a legal advisor with international NGO, REDRESS Trust and as Director of the International Bar Association's Hague Office.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has come a long way since 1998 when the Rome Statute was first signed. Established as the only independent, permanent international court with jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern as well as a reparative mandate, the Court is a critical actor in the global fight against impunity for grave crimes. The Court's complementary jurisdiction gives primacy to states, limiting its intervention to demonstrated instances of inability or unwillingness by states to genuinely investigate and prosecute.

Type
The ICC and Beyond: Re-Evaluating the Promise of International Criminal Justice
Information
Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 114 , 2020 , pp. 205 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The American Society of International Law.

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