• Armaan Natt

The paper focuses on the effect that realpolitik has had on weakening the International Criminal Court. The forces of realpolitik guide the political world and the court has to undoubtedly operate in the prevailing political environment and counter these forces when it can in order to fulfill its objectives. The court has a political relationship with the UNSC. The provisions of the statute relating to the power of the court will be discussed along with their realpolitik implications. Focusing on its powers of referral and deferral and the status of the permanent members of the UNSC vis-à-vis the ICC. A brief outline of the situation in Libya and Darfur will also be presented. Furthermore a brief outline of the financial framework of the court will be provided along with an analysis of how the resource crunch the court is facing affects its operations. An analysis of the realpolitik that operates behind the funding of the ICC will be discussed.

Funding - Realpolitik – UNSC

"International Criminal Court - Funding and Relationship with the Security Council", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.10-16, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811093.pdf

"International Criminal Court - Funding and Relationship with the Security Council", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp10-16, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811093.pdf