ABSTRACT
The conclusion summarizes the findings of the empirical chapters and ties them together by referring back to the theoretical framework. It also reflects on the future chances for state cooperation based on the book’s main arguments and suggests avenues for future research. The typology of state behaviors has the potential to be applied to other international courts as well as international organizations. It presents the implications of the book’s findings for scholarly accounts of the ICC’s justice potential as well as for accountability through the Court. For instance, the book’s argument that partial compliance and resistance behaviors have so far dominated the Court’s record suggests that the ICC’s perceived ineffectiveness originates at least to some extent outside of the Court’s walls in The Hague and instead in the capitals of member states. Moreover, lack of cooperation in cases against state officials might lead the Court to focus only on “easier” cases against rebel leaders.
