Measuring Performance and Shaping Identity: Performance Indicators and the International Criminal Court

Jones, A.

Abstract

Amid pressure to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the International Criminal Court (ICC), work has progressed on the development of a set of performance indicators for the ICC. This article argues that performance indicators play into tensions that underpin the international criminal justice process at the ICC, in particular between expeditiousness, on the one hand, and fairness and victim satisfaction, on the other. It argues that while the ICC’s performance indicators extend assessment of the ICC beyond the speedy completion of cases and embrace goals of fairness and victim access to justice, they inevitably support the former to the detriment of the latter, with implications for the Court’s identity. While acknowledging the benefits of performance indicators for the ICC, the article outlines several measures to counter the risks that they pose for the balance between these goals.

Citation

Jones, A. (2020). Measuring Performance and Shaping Identity: Performance Indicators and the International Criminal Court. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 18(4), 825-850. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa038

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 3, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jan 5, 2021
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Deposit Date: Jun 10, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 5, 2023
• Journal: Journal of International Criminal Justice
• Print ISSN: 1478-1387
• Electronic ISSN: 1478-1395
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 825-850
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa038
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1268670