The role of the international criminal court in promoting peace and justice
Abstract
The International Criminal Court aims to
promote not only justice but also peace by
impacting on the prevention of atrocious crimes
since the prosecutions have been seen as
a major threat to perpetrators. Its historical
background will be reviewed with a touch on
the Rome Statute so as to understand why it was established and much emphasis will be
put on the cases that the court is currently hand
ling. This thesis therefore, will argue that
the court’s principal interest of promoting international justice and peace to meet the
expectations of the international community has hit its mark as it’s well equipped to
address the complexity of the two schools in
specific countries to fight impunity. This has
been seen by its commitment to fully reinforce the principles of universal jurisdiction and
complementarity by encompassing interna
tional law which oversees monitors and
effectively holds regime leaders accountable