The procedural law of the International Criminal Court (ICC) combines common law and civil law concepts in a ‘unique compromise’. It gives the judges broad discretion to determine which adversarial and inquisitorial elements fit best into the overall system of the Rome Statute. In exercising their discretion judges cannot, of course, deny their legal background. However, sticking to the familiar practice is an impediment to the effective procedural functioning of the Court. To find meaningful solutions within the legal framework of the ICC requires instead an attitude based on the assumption that no legal system is superior to the other and the ability to doubt legal concepts that one might consider as self-evident. To this end, it is necessary that judges develop an understanding of the procedural system that they have not experienced in their former professional life. The article discusses nine examples of the procedural law and practice of the ICC — from the role of the prosecutor to victims participation — and examines the reasons for, and implications of, the transfer of adversarial and inquisitorial elements into the ICC`s statutory framework.

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国际刑事法院的法律多样性

国际刑事法院 (ICC) 的程序法将普通法和民法概念结合为“独特的妥协”。它赋予法官广泛的自由裁量权，以决定哪些对抗性和调查性要素最适合《罗马规约》的整体体系。在行使自由裁量权时，法官当然不能否认他们的法律背景。然而，坚持熟悉的做法是法院有效程序运作的障碍。要在国际刑事法院的法律框架内找到有意义的解决方案，需要一种基于以下假设的态度：没有任何法律制度优于其他法律制度，以及怀疑人们可能认为不言而喻的法律概念的能力。为此，法官有必要了解他们在以前的职业生涯中没有经历过的程序制度。本文讨论了国际刑事法院程序法和实践的九个例子——从检察官的角色到受害者的参与——并研究了将对抗性和审讯性要素转移到国际刑事法院法定框架中的原因和影响。