Criteria for Prioritizing and Selecting Core International Crimes CasesUtgåva 4 av FICHL publication seriesVolym 4 av FICHL publication series: Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian LawUpplaga 2

This volume contains papers presented at a seminar of the Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law in Oslo on 26 September 2008 with the same title as the publication. It has 24 contributions by some of the leading practitioners and experts in international criminal justice and policy. Armed conflicts tend to generate too many war crimes and crimes against humanity for all persons responsible to be held criminally accountable. This volume does not address what should be done with cases which probably can not go to trial due to limited capacity in criminal justice systems. That is the subject of FICHL Publication Series No. 9. Rather, this volume concerns the best way to select and prioritize the cases that should be investigated and prosecuted first. This is a question of the quality of discretion in the management of criminal justice for atrocities. The Forum seeks to start a debate on the role of criteria in case selection and prioritization through this volume.