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Measuring Performance and Shaping Identity: Performance Indicators and the International Criminal Court

Jones, A.

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A. Jones



Abstract

Amid pressure to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the International Criminal Court (ICC), work has progressed on the development of a set of performance indicators for the ICC. This article argues that performance indicators play into tensions that underpin the international criminal justice process at the ICC, in particular between expeditiousness, on the one hand, and fairness and victim satisfaction, on the other. It argues that while the ICC’s performance indicators extend assessment of the ICC beyond the speedy completion of cases and embrace goals of fairness and victim access to justice, they inevitably support the former to the detriment of the latter, with implications for the Court’s identity. While acknowledging the benefits of performance indicators for the ICC, the article outlines several measures to counter the risks that they pose for the balance between these goals.

Citation

Jones, A. (2020). Measuring Performance and Shaping Identity: Performance Indicators and the International Criminal Court. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 18(4), 825-850. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa038

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 3, 2020
Online Publication Date Jan 5, 2021
Publication Date 2020-09
Deposit Date Jun 10, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of International Criminal Justice
Print ISSN 1478-1387
Electronic ISSN 1478-1395
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 4
Pages 825-850
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa038

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of international criminal justice following peer review. The version of record, Jones, A. (2020). Measuring Performance and Shaping Identity: Performance Indicators and the International Criminal Court. The Journal of International Criminal Justice 18(4): 825-850, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa038.





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