Assisting International Justice - Cooperation Between Un Peace Operations International Criminal Court

In Assisting International Justice, Buitelaar reveals the conditions under which UN peacekeepers address impunity in their mission areas. He presents an original single-country case study of assistance provided by the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a plausibility probe of other peace operations in ICC situation countries.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The conditions under which UN peace operations assist the ICC


• 3: "Walking a tightrope without a net": The first ICC investigations in the DRC (June 2004 - August 2006)


• 4: Balancing stability and arrest warrants (September 2006 - December 2008)


• 5: Peace first, justice later? (January 2009 - March 2013)


• 6: Summarizing and analysing the findings from the DRC case


• 7: How peace operations assisted the ICC outside the DRC


• 8: Conclusion


• Appendix: Interview respondents


• Bibliography

About the author

Tom Buitelaar is an Assistant Professor in the War, Peace and Justice programme of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University. He studies and teaches on the role of international conflict interventions in world politics, with specific attention on how interveners balance peace and justice, and is also interested in how international norms guide these interventions and the role of individual agency in enhancing their effectiveness.

Summary

In Assisting International Justice, Buitelaar reveals the conditions under which UN peacekeepers address impunity in their mission areas. He presents an original single-country case study of assistance provided by the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a plausibility probe of other peace operations in ICC situation countries.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Buitelaar, Tom (Assistant Professor in War Buitelaar
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2023
• EAN: 9780192872227
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287222-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection, International institutions, United Nations & Un Agencies