The International Criminal Court (icc) is an independent treaty-based international organisation acting in close cooperation with the United Nations (UN). To that end, organs of the Court have extensively relied on UN documentation in proceedings. These materials have been used to support grounds for the exercise of jurisdiction, demonstrate legal elements of crimes, and prove matters of fact. In recent practice, including in the situations of Palestine, Bangladesh/Myanmar, and Mali, UN materials have been used to establish legal and factual matters on the primary basis that they represent the ‘views of the international community’. This paper examines the ways in which Court organs rely on UN documentation in icc proceedings. It assesses the interplay of such information with rights of the accused. The paper concludes that in order to safeguard its credibility and the fairness of the proceedings, the Court should adopt specific guidelines relating to the evaluation of and admissibility of UN materials.

国际刑事法院 ( icc ) 是一个独立的基于条约的国际组织，与联合国 (UN) 密切合作。为此，法院机关在诉讼程序中广泛依赖联合国文件。这些材料已被用于支持行使管辖权的理由，展示犯罪的法律要素，并证明事实。在最近的实践中，包括在巴勒斯坦、孟加拉国/缅甸和马里的局势中，联合国材料已被用于确定法律和事实问题，主要依据是它们代表“国际社会的观点”。本文探讨了法院机关在国际刑事法院中依赖联合国文件的方式诉讼程序。它评估此类信息与被告权利的相互作用。该文件的结论是，为了维护其公信力和诉讼程序的公平性，法院应就联合国材料的评估和可采性采取具体的指导方针。