A New Moral Hazard? Military Intervention, Peacekeeping and Ratification of the International Criminal Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Neumayer (0000-0003-2719-7563, Peace Research Institute Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 659-670 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343309339246 |
| OpenAlex | W2165652645 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 19 |
The newly established International Criminal Court (ICC) promises justice to the victims of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Past offenders can be punished, while future potential offenders may be deterred by the prospect of punishment. Yet, justice is no substitute for intervention for the benefit of people at acute risk of being victimized. The Court may create a new moral hazard problem if the promise of ex post justice makes it easier for states to shy away from incurring the costs of intervention. This article indirectly tests for the relevance of this potential problem by estimating the determinants of ratification delay to the Rome Statute of the ICC. If the Court represents an excuse for inaction, then countries that are unwilling or unable to intervene in foreign conflicts should be among its prime supporters. Results show instead that countries that in the past have been more willing to intervene in foreign civil wars and more willing to contribute troops to multinational peacekeeping missions are more likely to have ratified the Statute (early on). This suggests that the Court is a complement to, not a substitute for intervention
Crimes against humanity · Criminology · Genocide · International law · Intervention (counseling) · Peacekeeping · Political science · Politics · Ratification · Sociology · Statute · Supreme court · War crime · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
Regulating Conflict
Why the crime of aggression will not reduce the practice of aggression
Empty promises
The Deterrent Effects of the International Criminal Court
Protect and punish
Ratification Patterns and the International Criminal Court1
Credible Commitments and the International Criminal Court
International Regimes for Human Rights
On the limits of moral hazard
Moral Hazard and Humanitarian Law
Peacekeeping and critical theory
United States Hostility to the International Criminal Court
A Revised List of Wars Between and Within Independent States, 1816-2002
International society, the International Criminal Court and American foreign policy
The United States and the International Criminal Court
United Nations Intervention by United Democracies
Uniting for Peace
International peacekeeping trends
Explaining the International Criminal Court
Briefing — Darfur
Armed Conflict 1946-2001
Undoing the global constitution
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |