Abstract
This Article aims to discuss the relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Responsibility to Protect (R2P), focusing on the role of the ICC in implementing R2P. It will first examine the evolution of R2P and the ICC respectively, and actual cases that relate these two frameworks to each other. After examining their common threads and features, it will then seek to situate the ICC as one of the mechanisms for the implementation of R2P. The ICC will be considered with three components encompassed in R2P implementation—the responsibility to prevent, the responsibility to react, and the responsibility to rebuild. This Article also attempts to find the implications of the works of the ICC in consolidating the normative framework of R2P, under the presumption that a solid normative framework would enhance and facilitate implementation per se. With regard to its application in practice in three distinctive cases (Libya, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)) this Article will address the potential positive and negative interactions between R2P and the ICC. It will conclude with reflections on the future of R2P, in relation to its interrogation of the ICC.
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Rim, Yejoon
(2017)
"The Role of the International Criminal Court in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 29:
Iss.
1, Article 48.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol29/iss1/48