INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES & OTHER CRIMINAL COURTS: TEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHERE WE Go FROM HERE AND How TO GET THERE—LOOKING TO A PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

摘要

Not all would agree that the Security Council should have the role ofrndetermining PICT cases. The countervailing argument, however, is that three Security Council permanent member states outside the ICC would immediatelyrnstart participating in the international criminal justice system in an ongoing, permanent process. Perhaps more importantly, the votes of the Security Council on what to do with the cases would establish for the record each member's commitment, or lack thereof, to bringing the world's worst villains to justice. By creating a permanent tribunal with real legal teeth and power, the Security Council will demonstrate once and for all its views towards permanent international law, justice and common sense.