The role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in peace processes: Mutually reinforcing or mutually exclusive?

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The ICC must secure convictions to demonstrate its credibility and effectiveness but if ICC prosecutions of the leaders of warring factions are consistently trumped by peace processes, its value as a deterrent will be compromised. This report looks at how the needs of peace should be weighed against those of justice.

The ICC must secure convictions to demonstrate its credibility and effectiveness but if ICC prosecutions of the leaders of warring factions are consistently trumped by peace processes, its value as a deterrent will be compromised. This report looks at how the needs of peace should be weighed against those of justice.

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