The Activation of the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction on the Crime of Aggression: Opportunities and Challenges to the Realization of the International Criminal Justice
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2019-01
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Addis Ababa University
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This paper examines the consequences (opportunities and challenges) of the recent activation
of ICC’s jurisdiction on the Crime of Aggression (COA), after a long debate and reluctance to
criminalize the act. It analyzes this activation’s merits in realizing international criminal
justice, i.e. promoting reconciliation leading to peace and security, preventing human rights
violations and suffering by deterring future crimes, redressing victims of aggression etc. In
addition, it analyzes the possible challenges that will inevitably emerge hindering the
attainment of these opportunities. The general challenges of the ICC like political influence,
lack of State cooperation, a problem of selectivity, financial problems etc., as well as other
specific challenges, will directly affect the prosecution of this crime. Hence, this paper gives,
among many others, recommendation for developing a tight relationship between different
stakeholders for discussing issues regarding this crime, so as to tackle the negatives in order
to obtain the positives
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Activation, COA, ICC, Opportunities, Challenges