Project goals
The purpose of the project is revisit the conceptual foundations of complementarity, as well as its broader systemic and operational implications.
The project is designed to:
- build a bridge between historical understandings of complementarity and its contemporary application;
- offer fresh analysis on core aspects of the interpretation and treatment of complementarity and its implication in international relations;
- provide insider perspectives and critical analysis of the application of complementarity in the first situations under investigation.
It seeks to bring in insights and theories that political and social scientists bring to the theorisation and application of complementarity. The project covers several research themes.
The project is thematically linked to NWO funded research of the Grotius Centre on 'Post-conflict justice and local ownership'.
In light of the project a Research Conference on the ICC and Complementarity: from Theory to Practice, was held on September 15-16. Please consult the Conference webpages for more information. The project will culminate in a collective volume, published by Cambridge University Press.
For further information on this project, please contact Dr. Carsten Stahn, Programme Director, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, at cstahn@campusdenhaag.nl
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