http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211008-181258-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/balancing-accountability-and-legitimacy/ Balancing Accountability and Legitimacy Vöhringer, Marco eng 2021-10-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Afghanistan Criminal Prosecution International Criminal Court State Responsibility Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 As they have installed themselves as the de facto government of Afghanistan, the Taliban could theoretically be held accountable for potential crimes via inter-state proceedings. In practice however, that would run the risk of increasing the perceived legitimacy of the Taliban as the Afghan government. The announcement of Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan of the International Criminal Court on September 27 to resume investigations in Afghanistan in the form of criminal prosecution – and thus not as inter-state litigation – therefore deserves support.