Complementarity (International law)

Complementarity principle (International law)
Principle of complementarity (International law)

Work cat.: LCCN 2008034334. El Zeidy, M. M. The principle of complementarity in international criminal law, 2008
Max Planck ency. of public int'l law, "International criminal courts and tribunals, complementarity and jurisdiction", searched Nov. 3, 2010 (The jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is governed by the principle of complementarity; this means that the ICC does not have primacy over national courts; the ICC may only exercise jurisdiction where the national system is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the investigation or prosecution' (art. 17 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court); the principle of complementarity is based on respect for the primary jurisdiction of States)
Parry & Grant encyclopaedic dict. of int'l law, searched Nov. 4, 2010 (Complementarity: a term used to describe the relationship between the International Criminal Court and national criminal courts)