Institutionalization of the International Criminal Court

Salla Huikuri is Researcher at the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. She was previously based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA, and at the Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan. Her research interests include global governance, legitimacy, EU and US foreign policies, qualitative methods, and international relations theories.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Theorizing the Institutionalization of the International Criminal Court.- 3. Germany and International Criminal Law.- 4. The United States and the International Criminal Court.- 5. The European Union’s Support for the International Criminal Court.- 6. Explaining Late Ratifications to the Rome Statute.- 7. The Philippines’ Late Ratification of the Rome Statute.- 8. Why Indonesia Has Not Joined the ICC?.- 9. Conclusion.

“Salla Huikuri’s book on the emergence and institutionalization of the organization is therefore highly interesting from the point of view of peace research. ... This book is not only a fascinating history of the origin of the ICC, but also an important contribution to the theory of institutionalization of international norms and to cosmopolitan theories on the emergence of global security regimes.” (Timo Kivimäki, Journal of Peace Research, February 27, 2019)