Ch. 1. Why would states want to join the ICC? : a theoretical exploration based on the legal nature of complementarity / Frederic Megret -- Ch. 2. Sovereignty in the dock / Gerben Kor -- Ch. 3. Complementarity as a catalyst for compliance / Jann K. Kleffner -- Ch. 4. The admissibility test before the International Criminal Court under special consideration of amnesties and truth commissions / Claudia Cardenas Aravena -- Ch. 5. Complementarity, 'genuinely' and article 17 : assessing the boundaries of an effective ICC / Rod Jensen