Review of the International Criminal Court’s Case-Law 2013

Abstract

Presented article evaluates ICC's case-law rendered in 2013, or more precisely, analyzes and evaluates some challenges the ICC faced in 2013. Scrutiny of the latest decisions has its obvious advantage, since it opens the door for better understanding of previous case-law. Vice versa, it is obvious that current ICC's practice cannot be comprehended without the knowledge of legal background it emanates from. To put it differently, an analysis of the case-law from 2013 presupposes to reveal its roots which are embedded in previous years. Th is holds true with respect to all considered and selected issues covered in this article - cooperation with the Court, complementarity, witness proofing, or presence at trial.