Abstract

The authors discuss the relevance of complaints that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can bring under German international criminal law. They argue that, due to the operation of Germany’s criminal procedural laws, complaints regarding international crimes only make sense in specific circumstances. This is true in particular with regard to cases that are not in the centre of media attention and when NGOs are able to provide important information that goes beyond what is publicly known. The authors concede, however, that criminal complaints can have important non-criminal procedural and public effects.

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