The UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court : the referral mechanism in theory and practice / Gabriel M. Lentner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lentner, Gabriel M., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar international law.

Elgar International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. Security Council.

United Nations.

International Criminal Court.

International criminal courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Inc., 2018.

Summary:

Drawing on both theory and practice, this insightful book offers a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), centered on the referral mechanism. Arguing that the legal nature of the referral must be conceptualized as a conferral of powers from the UNSC to the ICC, the author explores the complex legal relationship between interacting international organizations. With a novel approach to the relationship between the UNSC and the ICC, this book addresses important questions raised in practice. In particular, Gabriel M. Lentner explores issues regarding any limits and conditions for referral under the UN Charter and the Rome Statute, and the legal effects on heads-of-state immunity, as well as the validity of jurisdictional exemptions for other specific categories of nationals. This is a persuasive study into the powers of the UNSC with respect to international criminal law. With its timely focus on an important topic, this book will be vital reading for academics in international institutional law, international criminal law, and human rights law. ICC judges and lawyers, as well as lawyers involved in the UN, governments, and non-governmental organizations will also benefit from this book.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Legislative history of the referral mechanism

3. The legal nature of security council referrals

4. The powers of the security council under the UN charter

5. The ICC's exercise of the powers conferred by the security council

6. The security council referrals in practice

7. Key issues of the security council referrals in practice

8. Conclusions: the Janus face of the international criminal court

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78811-732-8