1st Edition
Prosecutorial Discretion in the International Criminal Court Legitimacy and the Politics of Justice
By Farid Mohammed Rashid
Copyright 2022
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides the first scholarly investigation of prosecutorial discretion in the International Criminal Court (ICC) from an interdisciplinary perspective.
This work analyses the discretionary power of the ICC prosecutor and its scope. It explains that there is a tendency to overlook the necessity of distinguishing between the various usages of discretion when exercised as a power... Read more
1. Introduction
2. The Concept of Discretion Between Law and Politics
3. Overview of the International Criminal Court
4. The Historical Development of International Criminal Tribunals and the Discretionary Power of The Prosecutor
5. Gravity between Prosecutorial and Legal Interpretive Discretion
6. In the Interests of Justice
7. Conclusion
Biography
Farid Rashid is Lecturer in International Law at the University of East London, UK, and a member of the BHRE Group at the University of Greenwich, UK.
