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'm wondering if the proposed change would take away power from the UN Security Council. I feel like the current voting system that the Security Council currently implements (with 1 key country vetoing) is what keeps the Security Council in check. Does changing this vote system dilute the power of the UNSC as its own independent body, and instead subjects it to a secondary status as just an enforcer for ICC orders?
I do agree, however, that there needs to be more cooperation between the UNSC and the ICC. I am wondering what would happen though when you mix a pretty political body (UNSC) with one that is supposed to maintain objectivity in criminal justice proceedings (ICC)?
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'm wondering if the proposed change would take away power from the UN Security Council. I feel like the current voting system that the Security Council currently implements (with 1 key country vetoing) is what keeps the Security Council in check. Does changing this vote system dilute the power of the UNSC as its own independent body, and instead subjects it to a secondary status as just an enforcer for ICC orders?
I do agree, however, that there needs to be more cooperation between the UNSC and the ICC. I am wondering what would happen though when you mix a pretty political body (UNSC) with one that is supposed to maintain objectivity in criminal justice proceedings (ICC)?