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The International Criminal Court
About This Book
A newexamination of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from a political science and international relations perspective.
It describes the main features of the court and discusses the political negotiations and the on-going clashes between those states who oppose the court, particularly the United States, and those who defend it. It also makes these issues accessible to non-lawyers and presents effective advocacy strategies for non-governmental organizations. It also delivers essential background to the place of the US in international relations and makes a major contribution to thinking about the ICC's future.
While global civil society does not deliver global democracy, it does contribute to more transparent, more deliberative and more ethical international decision-making which is ultimately preferable to a world of isolated sovereign states with no accountability outside their borders, or exclusive and secretive state-to-state diplomacy.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, international law, globalization and global governance.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. A Universal Criminal Court: The Emergence of an Idea
- 2. The Global Civil Society Campaign
- 3. The Victory: The Independent Prosecutor
- 4. The defeat: No Universal Jurisdiction
- 5. The Controversy: Gender and Forced Pregnancy
- 6. The Missed Chance: Banning Weapons
- 7. A Global Civil Society Achievement: Why Rejoice?
- References