Descripción del proyecto
Justicia penal internacional a nivel mundial en el ámbito nacional
A veces, los procesos nacionales por delitos internacionales también están relacionados con el ámbito del asilo. Sin embargo, según la cláusula de exclusión de la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados, los sospechosos de delitos internacionales no merecen protección y deben ser perseguidos. En cualquier caso, no existe un concepto uniforme sobre quién es «no merecedor», y el derecho penal internacional (DPI) carece de una política general sobre quién «merece» ser procesado. En el proyecto JOINEDUPJUSTICE, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, se desarrollarán parámetros para un sistema coordinado de justicia general a nivel nacional, centrándose en el DPI y en la legislación internacional sobre refugiados, a través de una investigación empírica en ocho países destinatarios y un análisis inclusivo de casos. El equipo de JOINEDUPJUSTICE trazará un mapa de las personas merecedoras de ser procesadas y aclarará el alcance de las personas «no merecedoras».
Objetivo
JOINEDUPJUSTICE develops parameters for a coordinated system of global justice at the domestic level. While the project’s focus is on international criminal law (ICL), international refugee law (IRL) is the starting point; it is the metaphorical canary in the coal mine that flags up questions at the heart of ICL.
Many of the domestic prosecutions of international crimes (crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide) are asylum related. This comes with problems. First, article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention, (exclusion clause), stipulates that those who are suspected of having committed international crimes are undeserving of protection and should be prosecuted. There is no uniform understanding of ‘undeserving’. At the same time, ICL lacks an overarching policy of who is 'deserving' of prosecution. Many excluded asylum claimants remain unprosecuted and exist in a legal limbo. Second, asylum related prosecutions have a distorting effect. It comes with a focus on low-level and ‘low cost’ defendants (from weak countries). Third, it hampers developing a long-term approach to ICL enforcement.
The project consists of 5 work packages and 9 subprojects: (i) through empirical research in 8 focus countries and comprehensive case-analysis it maps who is deserving of prosecution whilst scrutinizing the ‘enemy of mankind’ narrative, ‘no safe haven’ and ‘end to impunity’ goals, (ii) it clarifies the scope of ‘undeserving’ and draws the line between criminal complicity and non-criminal association, addressing the ICL-IRL mismatch that leaves many in limbo, (iii) it proposes a system of ‘jurisdiction designation’ based on subsidiarity and burden-sharing plus a settlement proposal premised on a ‘right to start again’, (iv) allows for policy integration, (v) and synthesises findings into an account of coordinated global criminal justice. The project’s ambition, scope and methodology will lead to a step change in international criminal justice where the future is domestic.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
ERC - Support for frontier research (ERC)Institución de acogida
5037 AB Tilburg
Países Bajos