Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20830133
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Kyushu International University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEMURA Hitomi Kyushu International University, 法学部, 准教授 (10509904)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Keywords: 国際刑事法 / 国際刑事裁判所 / 検察官 / 検察 / 裁量権 / 裁量 / 説明責任

Research Abstract

This research addresses a problem of prosecutorial discretion that is well known both in domestic and international criminal justice. The Prosecutor of the permanent International Criminal Court is in a particularly difficult position, for he/she must scrutinize situations and cases among the most serious crimes committed across the world The outcome of this research was presented on various occasions, such as at Kyushu Society of International Law in the spring of 2009 and the Japanese Societyof International Law in the fall of 2009.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 日本と国際刑事裁判所における検察官の裁量 (2009)
  • Author(s): 竹村仁美
  • Journal Title: 九州国際大学法学論集 第15巻3号 Pages: 177-241
• [Journal Article] 判例評釈オマル・ハサン・アフマド・アル・バシール(Mr. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir)に対する検察官の逮捕状請求に関する決定 (2009)
  • Author(s): 竹村仁美
  • Journal Title: 九州国際大学法学論集 第16巻3号
• [Presentation] Prosecutorial Discretion before the International Criminal Court, Current Issues in International Criminal Trials: Law and Procedure funded by BK 21 (2009)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Takemura
  • Organizer: Center for Research on the Legal System for International Litigation and Arbitration, Faculty of Law
  • Place of Presentation: Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-18
• [Presentation] 国際刑事司法における検察官の裁量の意義と課題-国際刑事裁判所を中心に- (2009)
  • Author(s): 竹村仁美
  • Organizer: 国際法学会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-11
• [Presentation] Impartiality and Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice (2009)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Takemura
  • Organizer: the 12th Biennial Joint Conference between Kyushu Society of International Law and Yongnam Society of International Law
  • Place of Presentation: Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-28
• [Book] The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law(Carsten Stahn and Larissa van den Herik (eds.), Prosecutorial discretion in international criminal justice: between fragmentation and unification) (2011)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Takemura
  • Publisher: TMS Asser Press/Cambridge University Press(forthcoming)