ICC Arguments

The most persuasive argument made for how to fix the International Criminal Court is to empower national and regional courts.  The point that Elena Baylis is making is that the court is unable to fully complete their entire caseload and they were never supposed to be the first responders to international crimes.  One of the issues that almost all of the people make is that the court is hurt by political issues that make it difficult to prosecute crimes against certain nations.  They also do not have the financial resources to take care of all of the human rights violations and atrocities that take place all over the world.  It makes sense that a court that does not have ample resources would not be able to solve cases that span the entire world.  There are also many nations, such as the United States, that do not take part in the International Criminal Court.  The idea that the International Criminal Court could serve as an oversight organization for local and regional courts makes the most sense as the way to fix the issues the court faces.  Regional courts have a better understanding of local politics and would likely be able to work more efficiently in solving cases.  The International Criminal Court would work best as an organization that helps facilitate the process for the regional courts and holds the regional courts accountable.  This would allow for resources to be more directly allocated to certain cases.  It would also help solve the issue of the International Criminal Court focussing mostly on cases in Africa because of less political pushback.  The inability for the International Criminal Court to be able to prosecute crimes in nations that have political influence over the court is one of the bigger issues that needs to be solved.  It is unclear if shifting to more regional power in the courts would solve this issue, but it is worth giving it a try as the current system has shown it can not do so.  Overall, the ICC should work more as an oversight organization that helps regional courts rather than the main source of prosecuting international crimes.  

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