Autonomy and Cooperation Within the International Criminal Court and United Nations Security Council

By Dimitris Liakopoulos

In Autonomy and Cooperation, noted legal scholar Dimitris Liakpolous explores the content of powers attributed by the Statute of Rome to United Nations Security Council. It begins by investigating the power to activate the investigations of the prosecutor before examining the power to suspend judicial activity. The book then defines the characteristics of Security Council intervention in the context of cooperation and judicial assistance and examines prerogatives regarding the crime of aggression. The study concludes with an appreciation of the effect of Security Council action on the jurisdictional activity of the International Criminal Court. Final considerations aim to examine the relevance of the possible coordination models of the action of the two bodies, proposed during this introduction, in defining the forms that the interactions between the two bodies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680531301
• ISBN13: 9781680531305
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"