Richard Dicker
Director, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch
Lecture Topic beginning January 15, 2013
UN Security Council Lecture Question
How should the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council be changed, if at all, to advance international justice?
Comment on the Security Council Lecture Question: “How should the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council be changed, if at all, to advance international justice?”
I think the relationship between the ICC and the Security Council needs to change, but it will certainly be difficult until all five permanent members of the latter have ratified the Rome Statute. It is, of course, further complicated by the fact that the ICC's nature is judicial and the Council's is political, though the ICC cannot help but incorporate politics into its functioning. As far as promoting international justice, this is not the direct mission of the Security Council, which aims to maintain international peace and security, though these components are obviously related to the notion of justice.
Richard Dicker
Director, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch
Comment on the Security Council Lecture Question: “How should the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council be changed, if at all, to advance international justice?”
I think the relationship between the ICC and the Security Council needs to change, but it will certainly be difficult until all five permanent members of the latter have ratified the Rome Statute. It is, of course, further complicated by the fact that the ICC's nature is judicial and the Council's is political, though the ICC cannot help but incorporate politics into its functioning. As far as promoting international justice, this is not the direct mission of the Security Council, which aims to maintain international peace and security, though these components are obviously related to the notion of justice.