| Summary: | "Although the International Criminal Court - as the only permanent international court that addresses crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes - has important potential to end impunity and find justice for victims of these atrocities, it is dependent on others for almost all aspects of its functioning. Member states have often been fair-weather friends, which is why the Court has frequently relied on the peacekeeping operations that the UN deploys in the field. Assisting International Justice improves our understanding of the conditions under which UN peacekeepers address impunity in their mission areas. Over the past two decades, UN peacekeepers have provided logistical assistance and security to Court investigators, shared large amounts of information, and have even been involved in the arrest of Court suspects. But their track record has been inconsistent. Despite the empirical importance of this phenomenon, we know preciously little about the conditions under which it occurs. This book will seek to fill that gap, by presenting a first-of-its-kind single-country case study of assistance provided by the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a plausibility probe of other peace operations in ICC situation countries. It relies on new empirical material, including over 130 interviews of key decision-makers and comprehensive archival research. The book will be of interest to readers interested in UN peacekeeping and international criminal justice, as it sheds light on how the UN navigates the terrain of conflict mediation and punitive accountability and the collaborative but contingent relationship between the UN and the ICC"
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