Intermediary Complexity in Regulatory Governance: The International Criminal Court's Use of NGOs in Regulating International Crimes

De Silva, Nicole. “Intermediary Complexity in Regulatory Governance: The International Criminal Court’s Use of NGOs to Regulate International Crimes.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 670, no. 1, 2017, pp. 170-88.

27 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2016 Last revised: 16 Mar 2017

Date Written: September 14, 2016

Abstract

While regulatory governance can be theorized as a three-party game in which regulators use intermediaries to influence targets, I show how regulatory intermediaries can, through delegation and orchestration, engage their own “sub-intermediaries” to increase their capacity for fulfilling their regulatory mandates, and their influence on regulators and targets. I elucidate how the International Criminal Court (ICC) — the key intermediary in the regulatory regime for international crimes — has used NGOs’ advocacy, expertise, and operational capacities to compensate for its limited capabilities. Through NGO intermediaries, the ICC has aimed to increase its ability to prosecute, punish, and thus regulate international crimes; amplify its influence on state regulators and potential perpetrators; and improve the regulation of international crimes overall.

Keywords: International Criminal Court; international crimes; human rights; nongovernmental organizations; NGOs; delegation; orchestration; regulation

Suggested Citation

De Silva, Nicole, Intermediary Complexity in Regulatory Governance: The International Criminal Court's Use of NGOs in Regulating International Crimes (September 14, 2016). De Silva, Nicole. “Intermediary Complexity in Regulatory Governance: The International Criminal Court’s Use of NGOs to Regulate International Crimes.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 670, no. 1, 2017, pp. 170-88., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2847559

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