The application of the ‘interests of justice’ during the preliminary examinations stage
Talita de Souza Dias DPhil in Public International Law, University of Oxford; Post-doctoral Researcher at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Tutor in Criminal Law, St Catherine’s College, Introduction The preliminary examinations stage is the very first phase of investigations conducted by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC, the Court). […]
Hi Venezuela, You’ve Reached the ICC. Can We Put You on Hold?
For Cepaz by Dr. Mark Kersten In September 2018, six states – Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru – jointly referred the situation in Venezuela to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Their decision to ask the ICC to investigate alleged crimes against humanity committed by the regime of Nicolás Maduro was unprecedented. Never before […]