Full Text Available

Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.

A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals

Includes bibliographical references.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid
Other Authors: Woolaver, Hannah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Institute of Criminology 2015
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1867613516196741121
access_status_str Open Access
author Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid
author2 Woolaver, Hannah
author_browse Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid
Woolaver, Hannah
author_facet Woolaver, Hannah
Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid
author_sort Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid
collection Thesis
description Includes bibliographical references.
format Thesis
id oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12858
institution University of Cape Town (South Africa)
language eng
last_indexed 2026-06-10T12:37:23.370Z
license_str Not specified — see source repository
provenance_str_mv Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository
publishDate 2015
publishDateRange 2015
publishDateSort 2015
publisher Institute of Criminology
publisherStr Institute of Criminology
record_format dspace
source_str UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository
spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12858 A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid Woolaver, Hannah Criminal Justice Includes bibliographical references. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) provides for a close relationship between the International Criminal Court (Court) and the United Nations Security Council (Security Council). This relationship is demonstrated through Security Council exercise of referrals and deferrals. This dissertation discusses first, the Security Council referrals of the situations in Darfur, Sudan and Libya. Second, the Security Council passing of resolutions 1422(2002) and 1487(2003), which deferred the Court from commencing any investigations or prosecuting of any crimes that could have arisen as a result of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. This dissertation argues that the Security Council has exercised referrals and deferrals contrary to the Rome Statute, the Charter of the United Nations (the Charter), and the Negotiated Relationship Agreement between the Court and the Security Council (Relationship Agreement) as envisaged by the drafters of the Rome Statute. It concludes by stating that, the relationship between the Court and the Security Council is at a crossroad because the latter has failed to exercise referrals and deferrals in the manner provided for in the Rome Statute and as envisioned during the drafting of the Rome Statute, thereby equating the Court to the proverbial bark of a toothless dog. 2015-05-26T14:10:19Z 2015-05-26T14:10:19Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12858 eng application/pdf Institute of Criminology Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Criminal Justice
Lugulu, Jullie Ingrid
A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
thesis_degree_str Master's
title A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
title_full A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
title_fullStr A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
title_full_unstemmed A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
title_short A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
title_sort critical examination of the relationship between the international criminal court and the united nations security council in the light of referrals and deferrals
topic Criminal Justice
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12858
work_keys_str_mv AT lugulujullieingrid acriticalexaminationoftherelationshipbetweentheinternationalcriminalcourtandtheunitednationssecuritycouncilinthelightofreferralsanddeferrals
AT lugulujullieingrid criticalexaminationoftherelationshipbetweentheinternationalcriminalcourtandtheunitednationssecuritycouncilinthelightofreferralsanddeferrals