The Selection of Situations and Cases for Trial before the International Criminal Court

A Human Rights Watch Policy Paper

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• I.   Introduction

• II.  Selection of Situations

• III. Selection of Cases

• A. Preserving impartiality in the investigation of groups

• B. Selection of individual perpetrators

• 1. General

• 2. The importance of pursuing senior officials

• 3. Ensuring flexibility in identifying suspected perpetrators

 

October 2006 Number 1