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.