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Analysis of Some Background Issues

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The International Criminal Court and Peace Processes

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Key issues on the relationship between international accountability and peace processes are discussed in this chapter. The chapter explores the nature, scope, challenges and dynamics of this relationship. Also, it highlights the problems, tensions and challenges embedded in the international justice system, and how these issues impede the ability of international justice mechanisms to contribute to peace processes. Some of the issues discussed are: transitional justice, the peace and justice dilemma, the ICC and deterrence, the ICC and reconciliation, the ICC and victims’ rights and the ICC and accountability to the law.

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    Thomas Buergenthal, interviewed by Newsweek, 6 July 2015. https://www.newsweek.com/british-judiciarylord-jannericc-judgeauschwitzjewsholocaustprofessor-law-602725. Accessed 21 January 2019.

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    OTP Prosecutorial Strategy, 2009–2012, 2010, 6, https://www.icc-cpi.int/nr/rdonlyres/66A8dcdc-3650-4514-AA62-D229D1128F65/281506/otpProsecutorialStrategy20092013.pdf. Accessed 27 December 2018.

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    United Nations Security Council Resolution 827 of 1993, adopted by the Security Council on 25 May 1993, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N93/306/28/IMG/N9330628.pdf?OpenElement. Accessed 28 December 2018.

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    United Nations Security Council Resolution 955 of 1994, adopted by the Security Council on 8 November 1994, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N95/140/97/PDF/N9514097.pdf?OpenElement. Accessed 28 December 2018.

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    Website of the United Nations International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, http://www.icty.org/en/about. Accessed 14 August 2018.

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    The 1945 Charter of the International Military Tribunal, http://legal.un.org/ilc/documentation/english/a_cn4_5.pdf. Accessed 29 December 2018.

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    UNGA Resolution 60/147 of 16 December 2005, http://legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ha/ga_60-147/ga_60-147_ph_e.pdf. Accessed 29 December 2018.

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    The Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/blog/document/basic-principles-and-guidelines-on-the-right-to-a-remedy-and-reparation-for-victims-of-gross-violations-of-international-human-rights-law-and-serious-violations-of-international-humanitarian-law/. Accessed 29 December 2018.

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Malu, L.N. (2019). Analysis of Some Background Issues. In: The International Criminal Court and Peace Processes . Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19905-0_2

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