The Code of Professional Conduct for ICC Counsel: the interrelation between the ICC disciplinary competence and the counsel's national jurisdiction(s)

Rules of professional conduct constitute a global practice and were established well before the foundation of permanent International Criminal Court or the ad hoc / hybrid international criminal tribunals. Therefore professional rules of conduct are absolutely essential for the proper function of the International Criminal Court as an international judicial mechanism too.

The ICC Code of Professional Code for Counsel (hereinafter CPCC) was adopted at the third plenary meeting of the Assembly of States Parties on 2 December 2005 pursuant to Article 8 of the ICC Rules of Procedure and Evidence. However a counsel admitted to the prestigious ICC List of Counsel receives his/her training and principal admission nationally, at his/her respective state; and understandably each state has each own sets of rules and procedures.

The presentation made on 23 October 2019 at the ICC premises examines the interrelation between the ICC disciplinary competence and the national jurisdictions' disciplinary powers; it focuses on the analysis of the principle of complementarity in disciplinary proceedings and the exemptions to the complementarity principle