ROMA STATÜSÜNE GÖRE BM GÜVENLİK KONSEYİNİN BİR DURUMU ULUSLARARASI CEZA MAHKEMESİNE SEVKETME VE SORUŞTURMA İLE DAVALARI (YARGILAMAYI) ERTELEME YETKİSİ

Abstract

Bu makalede Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi’ni kuran bir uluslararası andlaşma olarak Roma Statüsü’nün 13/b maddesine göre BM Güvenlik Konseyine tanınan Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesine bir olay hakkında başvuru yapma yetkisinin uluslararası hukuka uygunluğu, sudan devlet başkanı El Beşir gibi Roma Statüsüne taraf olmayan devletlerin uluslararası yargı bağışıklığına sahip devlet başkanları bakımından değerlendirilmektedir. Ayrıca bu makale, Roma Statüsü’nün 16. maddesine göre Güvenlik Konseyinin soruşturma veya yargılamaları erteleme yetkisini 1422 ve 1487 sayılı Güvenlik Konseyi kararları üzerinden ele almaktadır. Statüde Güvenlik Konseyine tanınan tüm bu yetkilerin Roma Statüsü’nün temel amacı olan uluslararası suçların faillerinin cezasız bırakılmasına son verme amacının aksine belli güçlü devletlerin ve bu devletlerin vatandaşlarının çıkarlarına hizmet etmesi ihtimali üzerinde durulmaktadır.

Keywords

• Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi
• Roma Statüsü
• Güvenlik Konseyi
• soruşturma
• yargılama
• erteleme yetkisi
• 1422 ve 1487 sayılı kararlar

UN SECURITY COUNCIL’S POWER OF REFERRAL A SITUATION TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND OF DEFERRAL OF INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION UNDER ROME STATUTE

Abstract

This article examines,in compliance with Article 13/b of the Rome Statute as an international treaty establishing International Criminal Court, whether the United Nations’ power of referring a situation to the Prosecutor of International Criminal Court is in accordance with international law, in respect of heads of states who is granted international judicial immunity that are not parties to the Rome Statute, such as Al-Bashir. In addition, this article deals with the Security Council's power of deferral investigations or prosecutions in accordance with Article 16 of the Rome Statute in the context of Security Council resolutions 1422 and 1487. Furthermore, this article focuses on the possibility that all these powers granted to the Security Council serve the interests of certain powerful states and their citizens, contrary to the aim to end the impunity of perpetrators of international crimes that is main purpose of Rome Statute.

Keywords

• International Criminal Court
• Rome Statute
• Security Council
• investigation
• prosecution
• power of deferral
• resolutions 1422 and 1487.

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