Publication

This policy brief discusses the challenge of maintaining the rule of law in fragile states. It states that fragile states are widely represented among the membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and asks why these states invite the ICC to scrutinize their human rights records. The author argues that while the ICC is the most significant actor in the area of international criminal justice, it is certainly not the only one, and it cannot, based on its few prosecutions, deliver sufficient justice to any given society.