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SUMMARY:Cooperation between national and international judicial authoriti
 es: 20th year after the signing of the Rome Statute\, is cooperation the
  pitfall of international criminal justice?
DESCRIPTION:In July 1998\, amid celebrations and high hopes\, the Rome St
 atute of the International Criminal Court (the 'Court') was signed to es
 tablish the first permanent international criminal tribunal to try war c
 rimes\, crimes against humanity\, genocide and - as of July 2018 - crime
 s of aggression. The Court was given complementary jurisdiction to natio
 nal authorities\, meaning that it could only try a case where a Member S
 tate was unable or unwilling to do so. As is usually the case with inter
 national tribunals\, it was also given no police force of its own\, mean
 ing that it relied on Member States to enforce its arrest warrants and\,
  in part\, to assist in conducting its investigations.  From issues surr
 ounding head of state immunities to non-cooperation on judicial matters\
 , the Court has\, however\, been engulfed in friction with some of its c
 onstituents\, which have demanded reform or threatened withdrawal. Yet o
 n other aspects\, such as the idea of ‘positive complementarity’\, the C
 ourt seems to have registered some progress. This panel will analyse wha
 t the Court and broader international community have already done\, and 
 what further can be done\, particularly on issues such as financial inve
 stigations and mutual legal assistance\, to overcome some of the difficu
 lties caused by issues of cooperation between national and international
  justice authorities.
LOCATION:Session Room S\, Level -1
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