This article examines the presumption of innocence’s development at the International Criminal Court. While the presumption of innocence was hardly debated at the Rome Conference, several issues surrounding the presumption have been open to wide interpretation by the Court. This article argues that since the Rome Statute’s entry into force, the presumption of innocence goes beyond the text of Article 66 and has become a robust right that has application both inside and outside of the courtroom and has effect during the Situation, Pre-Trial and Trial phases. Despite these developments, what happens when the right is violated remains an open question. The paper will conclude that while the presumption of innocence may be better defined and more protective than it was 20 years ago, what happens in the case of a violation continues to be an area for further development.

本文考察了国际刑事法院无罪推定的发展。虽然在罗马会议上几乎没有对无罪推定进行辩论，但围绕这一推定的几个问题已被法院广泛解释。本文认为，自《罗马规约》生效以来，无罪推定超越了第 66 条的文本，成为一项适用于法庭内外并在案情、预审和审判期间生效的有力权利。试用阶段。尽管有这些发展，当权利受到侵犯时会发生什么仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。该文件将得出结论，虽然与 20 年前相比，无罪推定的定义可能更好，保护性更强，