Reforming the International Criminal Court (ICC): Progress, Perils and Pitfalls Post the ICC Review Process

Sarkin, Jeremy Julian

Reforming the International Criminal Court (ICC): Progress, Perils and Pitfalls Post the ICC Review Process

International and Comparative Law Review

Volume 21 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021)

By:

Jeremy Julian Sarkin

Open Access

|Aug 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2021-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2464-6601 | Journal ISSN: 12138770

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Page range: 7 - 42

Published on: Aug 19, 2021

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Keywords:

International Criminal Court,

International Criminal Justice,

Criticisms,

Reforms,

Human Rights Violations,

United Nations Security Council

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International law, foreign law, comparative law,

International law, foreign law, comparative law, other,

European law,

European law, other,

Public law,

Constitutional jurisdiction, administrative procedural law

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