Abstract
According to feminist legal scholar, Katherine Franke, the main objective of transitional justice is to ‘honor the injuries and crimes of the past while creating the possibilities for new ways of being the future’ (Franke, 2006: 823). The International Criminal Court (ICC), and the Rome Statute which underlies it, has an important role to play in this process. By combining elements of both a traditional, retrospective retributive justice approach alongside forward-looking restorative measures, it attempts to remove the ‘impunity gap’, which has existed under domestic and international law for the perpetrators of the most egregious crimes at the same time as offering victims/survivors of war torn communities new avenues for rebuilding their lives.
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Chappell, L. (2012). The Role of the ICC in Transitional Gender Justice: Capacity and Limitations. In: Buckley-Zistel, S., Stanley, R. (eds) Gender in Transitional Justice. Governance and Limited Statehood Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230348615_2
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