A central aim of international criminal tribunals since Nuremberg has been to prosecute those most responsible, the ‘big fish’, leaving smaller cases to national jurisdictions. The authors, who have both academic backgrounds as well as experience prosecuting international crimes in both international and domestic courts, argue that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should change course and expand its focus to include more ‘little fish cases’, bringing more cases overall and initiating them more quickly. Particular features of the ICC, namely its global reach and its ambition to promote national prosecutions, compel this change in strategy. For normative, strategic, and practical reasons, the ICC should bring smaller fish cases to enhance its credibility, functioning, and legitimacy, and to spur prosecutions by national authorities.

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在国际刑事法院起诉小鱼

自纽伦堡以来，国际刑事法庭的核心目标一直是起诉那些最负责任的“大鱼”，将较小的案件留给国家司法管辖区。具有学术背景以及在国际和国内法院起诉国际犯罪的经验的作者认为，国际刑事法院 (ICC) 应该改变方向，扩大其重点，纳入更多“小鱼案件”，带来更多案件整体并更快地启动它们。国际刑事法院的特殊特征，即其全球影响力和促进国家起诉的雄心，迫使这种战略转变。出于规范、战略和实际原因，国际刑事法院应提起较小的鱼类案件，以提高其可信度、运作和合法性，并促进国家当局的起诉。