ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the use of human rights law at the International Criminal Court (ICC). It examines Article 21(3) of the Rome Statute of the ICC, which obliges the court to interpret and apply the law in a consistent manner with internationally recognised human rights. The book provides an analytical framework to the process of identification of human rights to be considered by these institutions, particularly the ICC. It then touches on the wider issue of whether parties other than the defendant, namely victims and the prosecutor, can be said to have a ‘right’ to a fair trial, when he explores the issue of when the ICC has found that prejudice has been caused to a party to the proceedings in procedural matters relating to the admission of evidence.
