Accountability Frameworks

Abstract

Our analysis of accountability is put at two levels: the internal and the external. Internal accountability considerations focus on access to justice for victim communities. A rights protection outcome as evidence of internal accountability is measured against access, inclusivity and integration for the key stakeholders in communities of justice. Our discussion of external accountability, on the other hand, is more concerned with exploring the place of ICJ as a form of global governance. Beyond ensuring the interests of trial participants, we argue that the trial as a key endorsement of ICJ should be capable of advancing the accountability of global governance. We have suggested (Findlay, 2008b) a reinvigoration of the justice component in a ‘separation of powers’ model for global governance. Problematic as this may be, it moves the motivation for current global governance away from satisfying the obligations of sectarian political hegemony. Consistent with a wider concern for humanity, ICJ may require of global governance a more pluralist regulation strategy which complements the cultural diversity implicit in communities of justice.