The Impacts of UN Security Council Referral to the International Criminal Court on Norms, Principles of International Criminal Justice and the Court Itself

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Assistant Professor, Law Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

Abstract

Regardless of the UN Security Council status in the world politics, its duties under United Nations Charter, has led to granting powers which sometimes take the color of law. In this regard, the right to refer a situation of non-member states to the International Criminal Court under Article 13(b) of the Rome Statute has raised many contested issues in the field of conflict of norms and principles of international criminal justice. Many of which arise from the fact that the court was established through an international treaty and its nature does not allow the ICC to exercise jurisdiction over non-member states. On the one hand, we believe that although the powers of the SC under Chapter VII are necessary to the ICC’s exercise jurisdiction over the territory and nationals of non-party states, it implies that the Court when acting under Article 13(b), must comply its exercise of jurisdiction to the UN laws. However, such an adjustment does not mean that the Court is subordinated to the UNSC. On the other hand, the communication between these two entities is not without problems and in some cases, it seriously damages the judicial independence of the Court, so that the realization of international criminal justice as expected by those who approved the ICC Statute and enthusiasts of justice is facing major problems.

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