ABSTRACT
This chapter pulls together a series of suggested recommendations for reforms. First, by reshaping the Office of the Prosecutor as the office is central to how the court is perceived. Second, the Assembly of States Parties should play a pivotal role in state cooperation matters; because state cooperation is more political than legal, so when issues fall between the political and legal twilight zones, as they often do, responsibilities should be shared in a way that invests the prosecutor with responsibility to proffer “legal advice and assistance,” but when cases and situations reaches “an advanced stage” that verges on making political decisions, responsibility should devolve to the Assembly of States Parties/president. Third, reforms should be supplemented by amendments to articles that delineates the prosecutorial and legal advisory powers of the prosecutor, and then transfer those powers of a political nature to the Assembly of States Parties/president. Amendments admittedly are cumbersome, so in the meantime policies and strategies should clarify grey areas around procedures and technicalities.
