Abstract

On 8 June 2018, more than 10 years after his arrest, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reversed Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo’s conviction by the Trial Chamber for crimes against humanity and war crimes, acquitting him of all charges. Soon after the start of his time in detention in The Hague, assets belonging to Bemba were frozen by states across a number of jurisdictions at the request of the ICC. Many of these assets remain frozen, more than 18 months after his acquittal. This article examines the consequences of prolonged asset freezes by the ICC through the lens of the Bemba case, demonstrating the existence of gaps in the legal framework applicable to the management of frozen assets under the ICC Statute system and suggesting possible responses thereto at the domestic and international levels.

中文翻译：

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国际刑事法院管理冻结资产本巴无罪释放的后果

摘要

2018年6月8日，即国际刑事法院上诉分庭被捕十余年后，审判分庭推翻了让·皮埃尔·本巴·贡博对危害人类罪和战争罪的定罪，并宣判他无罪。在海牙开始拘留后不久，应国际刑事法院的要求，本巴所有资产被多个司法管辖区的州冻结。在他无罪释放超过18个月后，其中许多资产仍被冻结。本文通过Bemba的镜头研究了ICC长期冻结资产的后果 案，说明《国际商会规约》制度下适用于冻结资产管理的法律框架中存在空白，并建议在国内和国际一级对此采取可能的对策。