Contemporary Challenges And Alternatives To International Criminal Justice: An Introduction To The Viii Aidp Symposium For Young Penalists

This issue of the RIDP builds upon the contributions to the VIII AIDP Symposium for Young Penalists, which convened on 10 and 11 June 2021 in telematic mode, hosted by the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. During five panels moderated by experts, young academics from fifteen different countries discussed strengths and weaknesses of the system of international criminal justice – and, in particular, of the International Criminal Court (ICC) – focusing on issues that are particularly topical today, also in the light of the conflict in Ukraine. This debate highlights the new challenges that the system of international criminal law will face in the near future and the alternatives that can be envisaged to recourse to this particular system of justice. Therefore, this volume is divided into two parts corresponding to these aspects.