Abstract
This paper addresses the relationship between the principles of complementarity and national jurisdiction and the benefits and disadvantages of their implementation. Although the two concepts are well known, since both are normally involved in international incidents within highly charged political circumstances there remain a number of obstacles to their effective implementation. This paper advocates that national jurisdiction is and should remain the primary method principle in dealing with cases of international crime but that complementarity is a necessary and useful method for the International Criminal Court to exert its jurisdiction in the event that national jurisdiction is unworkable or Continue reading...