Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy

<p>As they have installed themselves as the de facto government of Afghanistan, the Taliban could theoretically be held accountable for potential crimes via inter-state proceedings. In practice however, that would run the risk of increasing the perceived legitimacy of the Taliban as the Afghan...

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Main Author: Marco Vöhringer
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Language:deu
Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/balancing-accountability-and-legitimacy/
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description <p>As they have installed themselves as the de facto government of Afghanistan, the Taliban could theoretically be held accountable for potential crimes via inter-state proceedings. In practice however, that would run the risk of increasing the perceived legitimacy of the Taliban as the Afghan government. The announcement of Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan of the International Criminal Court on September 27 to resume investigations in Afghanistan in the form of criminal prosecution – and thus not as inter-state litigation – therefore deserves support.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-f713d61174fd430882719bfa203d86462022-12-22T02:49:45ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Balancing Accountability and LegitimacyMarco Vöhringer<p>As they have installed themselves as the de facto government of Afghanistan, the Taliban could theoretically be held accountable for potential crimes via inter-state proceedings. In practice however, that would run the risk of increasing the perceived legitimacy of the Taliban as the Afghan government. The announcement of Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan of the International Criminal Court on September 27 to resume investigations in Afghanistan in the form of criminal prosecution – and thus not as inter-state litigation – therefore deserves support.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/balancing-accountability-and-legitimacy/Afghanistan, Criminal Prosecution, International Criminal Court, State Responsibility
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Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy
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title Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy
title_full Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy
title_fullStr Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy
title_full_unstemmed Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy
title_short Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy
title_sort balancing accountability and legitimacy
topic Afghanistan, Criminal Prosecution, International Criminal Court, State Responsibility
url https://verfassungsblog.de/balancing-accountability-and-legitimacy/
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