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For those that are interested, my comment on Article 98 has been rejected by the ICC. In the decisions on Article 87(7) for non-compliance of Chad and Malawi in failing to arrest al-Bashir when he...libya issue
You raise an interesting point about the silence of the Rome Statute on the procedure upon a UNSC referral. However, the ICC is a complete system in this respect. Are you suggesting that the judges...libya issue
Thank you Dan for your comment. Article 17 of the Rome Statute is the point of reference in this case because it sets up the regime for challenging the admissibility, that is the continuing...libya issue
On 26 February 2011, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) referred the situation in Libya to the Prosecutor of the ICC. The UNSC at the same time ordered “the Libyan authorities shall...