Table of Contents

Foreword: Law in the Twenty-First Century
Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Preliminary Reflections: The Preventative Role of the International Criminal Court
Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito, Judge and former Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
Introduction to Essays on International Criminal Justice
Leila Nadya Sadat, Henry H Oberschelp Professor of Law and Director, Whitney R Harris World Law Institute, Washington University School of Law
1: The Role of the International Criminal Court in Preventing Atrocity Crimes through Timely Intervention
2: The Admissibility of 'Situations'
3: The Admissibility Analysis of the 'Situation' in the Republic of Kenya Before the International Criminal Court
4: The Distinction Between Situations and Cases in National Laws of Cooperation with the ICC
5: Complementarity Analysis of National Sentencing
6: The Application of Indirect Perpetration through Organised Structures of Power at the International Level
7: Shedding Some Light on the Nature of the Notion of Joint Criminal Enterprise and its Extended Form
8: Victims' Participation According to the Jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court
9: Legal Clinics in Continental Western Europe: The Approach of the Utrecht Legal Clinic
Reflections on Complementarity and Cooperation in Early Practice under the Rome Statute
Judge René Blattmann, Judge and former Vice-President of the International Criminal Court, Carl Bertelsmann Prize, Dr. Hc. University of Basel and Humboldt University of Berlin
Final Reflection: The Challenges of the International Criminal Court
Judge Silvia A Fernández de Gurmendi, Judge of the International Criminal Court
Epilogue: Building the Proceedings Before the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court
Judge Sylvia H Steiner, Judge and President of the Pre-Trial Division of the International Criminal Co

About the Author

Hector Olasolo is Professor of International Criminal Law and International Criminal Procedure at the University of Utrecht.