Testing the legitimacy, consistency and credibility of the In-ternational Criminal Court

The impact of a lack of consistency and coherence: How key decisions of the International Criminal Court have undermined the Court’s legitimacy

1. Introduction In April 2019, four previous Presidents of the International Criminal Court called for a review of the Court’s operations, stating, inter alia, that they were ‘disappointed by the quality of some judicial proceedings, frustrated by some of the results and exasperated by the management deficiencies that prevent the court from living up to...

On the exercise of the judicial function at the International Criminal Court: Issues of credibility and structural design

We are disappointed by the quality of some of its judicial proceedings, frustrated by some of the results, and exasperated by the management deficiencies that prevent the Court from living up to its full potential.[1] Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein, Bruno S. Ugarte, Christian Wenaweser, and Tiina Intelman, former Presidents of the Assembly of States...