Acknowledgements
During my research on the relationship between the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court, I incurred many debts. First of all, I want to warmly thank Prof. Martin Scheinin, who supervised my doctoral thesis at the European University Institute and provided me with constant encouragement and valuable inputs. I am also grateful to Judge Christine van den Wyngaert, Prof. Erika De Wet and Prof. Nehal Bhuta for accepting to be members of the examining board of my thesis and for their insightful reports. This book attempts to draw from the several recommendations they generously gave me.
Moreover, I am indebted to Prof. Başak Çalı for pushing me in the successful transformation of my doctoral work into a book. During my time at the Center for Global Public Law, I was also lucky to have the companionship of Dr. Valentina Azarova.
The research leading to some of my findings has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Agreement (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n. [340956]. I am therefore also grateful to Prof. Jennifer Welsh and Prof. Dapo Akande for welcoming me on board of the Project on the Individualisation of War and giving me the time and ideal environment to complete this work.
Finally, this long journey would not have been the same without the support and encouragement of my mother, my sister and my family, including my ‘cousins’ from Aylmer, Québec, Torino, Roma, Florence, Istanbul and Tunis. Lillys, you have made my personal life so rich. The dream continues.