Criminal Court Negative Influence

The thesis I will argue for is ‘The International Criminal Court has too many negative influences from the outside, including the United Nations Security Council, and its own limitations to operate effectively’. I will start by focussing on the negative influence of the Security Council, this will make up two of my four arguments, my third argument will cover the limitations of the court itself and my last argument covers the problem that comes with the need of the cooperation of states.
First argument: The close relationship with the Security Council questions the ICC’s independence and I will elaborate on this by stating what Birdsall says about this relationship. Even though, Bensouda claims that the ICC is independent because it selects