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Alejandro Sánchez Frías

El primer acercamiento jurisprudencial en las dos décadas de historia de la Corte Penal Internacional al requisito del “interés de la justicia” ha generado fuertes críticas por la doctrina y la sociedad civil. Frente a la interpretación restrictiva del concepto de “interés de la justicia” defendida de manera abstracta por la doctrina mayoritaria, su traslado al mundo real por la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares se ha materializado a través de una polémica interpretación extensiva que no ha sido rechazada de forma explícita por la Sala de Apelaciones. El presente trabajo analiza los elementos jurídicos, políticos y económicos presentes en esta interpretación expansiva para determinar las luces y sombras de su valoración a la hora de tomar una decisión de tal calado como la de qué constituye el “interés de la justicia”.

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