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dc.creatordeGuzman, Margaret M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-10T17:15:09Z
dc.date.available2021-09-10T17:15:09Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMargaret M. DeGuzman, The International Criminal Court’s Gravity Jurisprudence at Ten, 12 WASH. U. GLOBAL STUD. L. REV. 475 (2013).
dc.identifier.citationAvailable at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_globalstudies/vol12/iss3/9
dc.identifier.issn1546-6981
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/6936
dc.description.abstractThis Essay analyzes the Court’s early jurisprudence interpreting the gravity threshold for admissibility. It argues that the threshold, while useful in garnering support for ratification of the Rome Statute, now seems destined to play a minor role in determining the ICC’s reach. While there are multiple possible explanations for this development, an important doctrinal cause identified in the jurisprudence is that the gravity threshold for admissibility is in tension with the Rome Statute’s provisions regarding jurisdiction. At least with regard to the admissibility of cases, the judges have concluded that interpreting the gravity threshold to exclude certain types of defendants or crimes from the Court’s reach would amount to an impermissible revision of the Court’s jurisdiction. To avoid this outcome, the judges have developed a flexible multi-factor approach to the gravity threshold that enables them to justify admitting virtually any case within the Court’s jurisdiction. The Essay concludes by arguing that, in light of the tension between admissibility and jurisdiction, the judges are right to relegate the gravity threshold to a minor role in determining the cases the Court adjudicates. To the extent the judges seek to limit the ICC’s reach, they should do so by interpreting the Court’s jurisdictional provisions directly rather than through the back door of admissibility.
dc.format.extent12 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty/ Researcher Works
dc.relation.haspartWashington University Global Studies Law Review, Vol. 12 (2013), Iss. 3
dc.relation.isreferencedbyWashington University
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dc.subjectProportionality
dc.subjectCriminal law
dc.subjectSentencing
dc.subjectTransitional justice
dc.subjectPunishment
dc.titleThe International Criminal Court’s Gravity Jurisprudence at Ten
dc.typeText
dc.type.genreJournal article
dc.relation.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/6918
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dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. James E. Beasley School of Law
dc.temple.creatordeGuzman, Margaret M.
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-10T17:15:09Z


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