TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Can the International Criminal Court deter atrocity?--CORRIGENDUM
JO  - International organization
A1  - Jo, Hyeran
A1  - Simmons, Beth A.
SP  - 419
EP  - 421
VL  - 71
IS  - 2
N2  - Abstract  Whether and how violence can be controlled to spare innocent lives is a central issue in international relations. The most ambitious effort to date has been the International Criminal Court (ICC), designed to enhance security and safety by preventing egregious human rights abuses and deterring international crimes. We offer the first systematic assessment of the ICC's deterrent effects for both state and nonstate actors. Although no institution can deter all actors, the ICC can deter some governments and those rebel groups that seek legitimacy. We find support for this conditional impact of the ICC cross-nationally. Our work has implications for the study of international relations and institutions, and supports the violence-reducing role of pursuing justice in international affairs.     A coding error resulting in duplicate observations in rebel group data was discovered in an article by Jo and Simmons. Thanks to Michael Broache at the University of Tampa for discovering the error. The error relates to the findings on rebel deterence only; none of the findings for government actors are affected by the error. In the original article we concluded that "Neither ICC ratification (model 1) nor domestic crime statute (model 3) appears to reduce rebel killing." This claim is sustained. We also wrote that "However, even rebel groups appear to respond to ICC Actions (Model 2)."  This conclusion is also sustained, although somewhat less significantly. Finally, we also wrote that...     COPYRIGHT: © The IO Foundation 2017<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-8183
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020818317000042
ID  - ref1
ER  -