Case Study on MONUSCO, UNOCI and UNAMID

This Chapter is empirical and reviews the mandates and policies on the arrest of suspects for the ICC of three representative peace support operations (MONUSCO, UNOCI and UNAMID). The practice of the Security Council and of these three peace support operations themselves points to the perpetuation of selectivity in favour of the government of the host State. MONUSC, UNOCI and UNAMID proved largely unwilling and/or unable to assist the ICC with arrests. This development has also been fuelled by the Security Council, which did not grant these peace support operations the authority to apprehend ICC suspects against the will of the host State. Due to this obligation to obtain consent for arrests, the receiving state retains control and can selectively protect its own officials from prosecution.