Daniels, Lesley-Ann2021-03-092021-03-092018Daniels LA. The International Criminal Court and the rebels’ commitment problem. Civil Wars. 2018;20(4):455-76. DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2018.15530211369-8249http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46696This article argues against the common view that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prevents peace since rebels will not accept accountability. In the presence of an international criminal authority, accountability may be unavoidable. This is true for rebels, but also for state agents. Should the government renege on agreed provisions, it risks ICC attention on its own actors, including into the future. In this way, the ICC functions as a permanent third-party guarantor of the provisions and reduces the commitment problem for the rebels, conditional on certain circumstances. A case study of Colombia finds support for the theoretical proposals.application/pdfeng© This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Civil Wars on 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13698249.2018.1553021.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2018.1553021International Criminal CourtConflict resolutionCommitment problemPeace negotiationsColombiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess