نوع مقاله : علمی - پژوهشی
نویسنده
دانشیار گروه حقوق دانشگاه پیام نور
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Initiating an investigation at the prosecutor discretion on Afghanistan situation is one of the mechanisms for exercising the ICC jurisdiction. This is the Prosecutor’s approach to counteract the inaction of the Security Council and the Afghanistan state which do not seek to prosecute war crimes on its territory. The Prosecutor’s consideration in this way relies on establishing a reasonable basis in article 15(3) of the Statute which must also be approved by the Pre-Trial Chamber. But the Pre-Trial Chamber’s assessment of the Afghanistan situation is in line with the interests of justice in article 53(1)(c) of the Statute and has prevented to initiate an investigation the Afghanistan situation. Therefore, the analysis of the ICC jurisprudence of the Pre-Trial Chamber and the Appeal Chamber in this regard is of importance, originality and research innovation. The method of study in this article is descriptive-analytical and critical in order to answer a question: what is the function of the interests of justice in the ICC jurisprudence to initiate the Prosecutor investigation in the Afghanistan situation? Research findings show that the factor of interests of justice in article 53(1)(c) of the Statute is not related to the request of the prosecutor under article 15(3) of the Statute. Accordingly, the Pre-Trial Chamber’s approach to the argument that there is no interest in justice in refusing to issue a permit to investigate in the Afghanistan situation is inconsistent with the components of article 15(4) of the Statute. Therefore, the Appeal Chamber as a result of the Prosecutor’s appeal, considers to initiate an investigation in the Afghanistan situation without the need to pursue the interests of justice.
کلیدواژهها [English]