The First Global Prosecutor: Promise and Constraints

by Martha Minow, Alex Whiting, C. Cora True-Frost

Book Overview

The establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave rise to the first permanent Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), with independent powers of investigation and prosecution. Elected in 2003 for a nine-year term as the ICC's first Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo established policies and practices for when and how to investigate, when to pursue prosecution, and how to obtain the cooperation of sovereign nations. He laid a foundation for the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047207251X
• ISBN13: 9780472072514
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"