ABSTRACT

Through the complementarity principle of the International Criminal Court, international criminal law enforcement is transferred from international courts to national courts. This has led to an increase of international actors’ focus on national courts to achieve international criminal justice. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) presents a significant example to examine the prosecution of international crimes by national courts and international actors’ support to Congolese legal system to promote complementarity and international criminal justice. International actors provide assistance to mobile hearings to prosecute international crimes and to implement complementarity at the national level in the eastern DRC. This article explores mobile hearings through their role in implementing complementarity in the DRC and international and national influences on mobile hearings regarding the prosecution of international crimes. The main argument is that although mobile hearings are significant to bring justice closer to local communities and increase the visibility of justice in remote and rural areas, their independence is in question as a result of the selective interest of international actors and political interferences coming from Congolese political and military elites.

摘要

通过国际刑事法院的互补原则，国际刑事执法从国际法院转移到了国家法院。这导致国际行为者更加关注国家法院以实现国际刑事司法。刚果民主共和国（DRC）为审查国家法院对国际罪行的起诉以及国际行为者对刚果法律制度的支持以促进互补性和国际刑事司法提供了一个重要的例子。国际行动者为流动听证会提供协助，以起诉国际罪行并在刚果民主共和国东部在国家一级实施互补性。本文探讨了移动听证会在实现刚果民主共和国的互补性方面的作用以及国际和国内对起诉国际罪行的移动听证会的影响。主要论点是，尽管流动听证会对于使司法制度更接近当地社区并增加偏远和农村地区司法的知名度具有重要意义，但由于国际参与者的选择性利益和刚果人的政治干预，其独立性仍受到质疑政治和军事精英。