Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court

Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court is a collection of essays by prominent international criminal law commentators, responsive to questions of interest to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Topics include:

* Jurisdiction: The 2008-2009 Gaza Issue

* The Obligation to Arrest in the Darfur Context

* Appropriate Limitations on Oversight

* The ICC and Prevention of Crimes

* Reparations

* Proving Mass Rape

* Focus on Africa: Is the ICC Biased?

* Increasing Rates of Apprehension and Arrest

Richard H. Steinberg is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California (Los Angeles), and Editor-in-Chief of www.ICCforum.com, a collaboration with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Fatou B. Bensouda, who wrote the foreword, is Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.