International records / OpenAlex research

The link between international law and media: case selection in the international criminal court

The case-selection policy of the ICC is questioned by various scholars, criticizing the application of legal criteria defined or condemning the Court’s special interest in Africa. However, no work focused on the role of media coverage over case-selection by the Court. Therefore; this study examines the Court’s use of media as a tool of selection when deciding upon formal investigation cases. In this sense, it proposes that the more coverage in media to the cases, the more likely that the Court could take them for formal investigation. Most of the cases forwarded to the Court include violations…