Everything Is Relative, Even Gravity
Remarks on the Assessment of Gravity in ICC Preliminary Examinations, and the Mavi Marmara Affair
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12735377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Longobardo (0000-0002-6212-6093, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | mqw027-mqw027 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-1395 • E-ISSN: 1478-1387 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jicj/mqw027 |
| OpenAlex | W2519085765 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court found that war crimes allegedly committed during the 2010 interception and boarding of the Comorian-registered Mavi Marmara , off the coast of Gaza, were of insufficient gravity to initiate an investigation. The Union of the Comoros sought review of this decision by Pre-Trial Chamber I, which concluded that the gravity evaluation was incorrect and requested the Prosecutor to reconsider her decision. This essay explores the two approaches taken to gravity assessment, and advances an alternative view based on the need to take into account the relevant factual circumstances — in this case, crimes aboard a vessel
Criminal court · International law · Political science · International Maritime Law Issues · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Maritime Security and History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |