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The International Criminal Court and Reparations: Judicial Innovation or Judicialisation of a Political Process?
Owiso, Owiso
2019In International Criminal Law Review, 19 (3), p. 505-531
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Keywords :
International Criminal Court; reparations; transitional justice; mass atrocities
Abstract :
[en] The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court bestows reparative powers upon the court, a significant development in international criminal justice. However, the court still struggles to effectively exercise this mandate. This article proceeds on the assumption that reparations for mass atrocities are best handled through domestic political processes rather than international criminal justice processes. The article interrogates the effectiveness of the court’s reparative powers by testing them as against the court’s practice, specifically in the Lubanga, Katanga and Al-Mahdi cases. The article concludes that despite noble intentions, practical realities and difficulties make doubtful the court’s suitability as a reparative forum for mass atrocities. Nevertheless, in the absence of a more suitable alternative for effective and meaningful reparations, the article proposes policy reforms to achieve robust reparative complementarity between the court and transitional states, and complementarity between the court’s reparative mandate and the Trust Fund for Victims’ assistance mandate.
Disciplines :
European & international law
Author, co-author :
Owiso, Owiso ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Law Research Unit
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
The International Criminal Court and Reparations: Judicial Innovation or Judicialisation of a Political Process?
Publication date :
11 May 2019
Journal title :
International Criminal Law Review
ISSN :
1567-536X
Publisher :
Brill|Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands
Volume :
19
Issue :
3
Pages :
505-531
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
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