https://sites.temple.edu/ticlj/files/2020/05/34.1_Article-D-Final-Format.pdf
World leaders and human rights groups have criticized the ICC as expensive and ineffective. This critique is essentially an attack on the court’s legitimacy. This Note argues that Bemba’s acquittal only serves to weaken that legitimacy. Beginning with an analysis of the majority and minority opinions, it then discusses how the decision will impact the ICC’s legitimacy by imposing ...