Civil society’s views on the ICC Review

As the work of the Review Mechanism moves forward, States Parties, the Court and all stakeholders keep the focus on the ultimate goal of the review process: Strengthening the Court’s delivery of justice.

The Review Process offers a fresh opportunity to bring states, court officials, experts and civil society closer together in our joint, ongoing effort to bolster the work of the Court and its ability to serve the communities affected by its work. While we may all have different views on the issues identified by this process, it represents an important step in developing a framework within which we can all support the Court to exercise its mandate to its full potential over the coming years.

Genuine engagement with and accessibility of the process for civil society – including those working with affected communities in ICC situation countries – is essential, particularly in discussions around the substance of the experts’ recommendations as well the topics of the broader review.

Civil society will be monitoring and engaging with this process, pressing stakeholders to discuss and adopt measures to improve the ICC and RSS, in full respect for the judicial and prosecutorial independence of the Court.

Civil society resources and submissions on the ICC Review:

Submission on the plan of action for the assessment of the Independent Expert Review Recommendations, FIDH (JuLY 2021)

CICC Review Team Paper: “Recommendations for the proposal of an action plan for the assessment of the Independent Expert Review Recommendations” (June 2021)

Submission on the Plan of Action for the assessment of the Independent Expert Review, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) (June 2021)

Review Mechanism Proposed Comprehensive Action Plan, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section (June 2021)

Comments for the proposal of an action plan for the assessment of the IER recommendations, Human Rights Watch (June 2021)

Submission to the Review Mechanism, World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy (June 2021)

CICC Review Team Paper: “Comments on the Review Mechanism’s proposal for categorization of the Independent Experts Review recommendations and remaining review issues - Complementarity and positive complementarity” (May 2021)

Open Society Justice Initiative Makes Recommendations to ICC Independent Expert Review (May 2020)

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Criminal Justice Section Submits Comments to Independent Expert Review of the International Criminal Court (April 2020)

Recommendations to the Independent Expert Review of the ICC, International Bar Association ICC & ICL Programme (April 2020)

Recommendations to the Independent Expert Review of the ICC, Journalists For Justice (April 2020)

Submission to the Independent Expert Review of the ICC, Human Rights Watch (April 2020)

Proposals to the Commission of Independent Experts of the ICC, the Arab Center For Independence Of The Judiciary And The Legal Profession (ACJLP) (April 2020)

Submission on the “Matrix over possible areas of strengthening the Court and the Rome Statute System”, Georgian National Coalition for the ICC (GCICC), (April 2020)

OSJI has produced a series of blogs on the content of the IER report:

Back to Basics – Improving ICC Investigations (march 2021) 

Preliminary Examinations and Complementarity (march 2021) 

“Court’s problems may be in part the result of the standard of some judges…” –striving to improve the ICC Bench (march 2021) 

Promoting and Defending the ICC – The Role of Communications (march 2021) 

In Search of Staffing Flexibility and Positive Working Conditions at the ICC (march 2021) 

The Next ICC President: Watch This Election Closely (march 2021) 

The ICC’s Engagement with Local Communities (february 2021) 

Raising the Bar for ICC Judges’ Professional Development (february 2021) 

Follow-up to the IER Report – What will it look like? (february 2021) 

The Shocking Findings on Bullying and Harassment (february 2021) 

Governance Tackled (february 2021)