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COURT ROLE PATHWAY · INVESTIGATOR

Investigator / Investigative Candidate

This page brings the proposed Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway together in one place. It shows the sequence from required legal knowledge through Academy learning, role courses, practical development, separate Court competency assessment and supervised Court service.

This is a pathway skeleton. The role courses identified below are the planned course structure to build when this pathway is developed. They do not mean that the courses, lessons or assessments have already been built.

STAGE 1 · FOUNDATION

International Law

Required legal foundation. Required International Law knowledge remains distinct from Academy education and is assessed separately where required for Court competency.

Open International Law

Required International Law knowledge remains distinct from Academy education and is assessed separately where required for Court competency.

STAGE 2 · ACADEMY

Foundation Academy

Foundation Academy learning teaches how the Court works and provides the common Court foundation.

Open Foundation Academy

Foundation Academy teaches how the Court works and provides the common Court foundation.

STAGE 3 · PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT

Investigative Experience & Development

Candidates may develop relevant investigative experience alongside education and training. Education alone does not appoint or authorise an Investigator.

  1. Case research and source assessment
  2. Supervised investigative planning
  3. Evidence identification and preservation
  4. Supervised investigative actions
  5. Witness and victim handling under safeguards
  6. Progressive responsibility as competence is demonstrated

Relevant experience may be developed alongside education and training. Participation in training or supervised Court work does not itself confer appointment, authorisation or legal authority.

STAGE 4 · ROLE PATHWAY

I-101–I-109

Planned INVESTIGATOR role courses: this course family is identified now so the pathway has a defined build target. The individual courses will be developed later.

I-101

Investigative Foundations

COURSE TO BUILD · I-101 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-102

Jurisdiction, Mandates and Investigative Authority

COURSE TO BUILD · I-102 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-103

Evidence Identification, Collection and Preservation

COURSE TO BUILD · I-103 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-104

Investigative Planning and Case Development

COURSE TO BUILD · I-104 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-105

Witnesses, Victims and Source Protection

COURSE TO BUILD · I-105 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-106

Investigative Ethics, Independence and Conflicts

COURSE TO BUILD · I-106 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-107

Digital, Documentary and Forensic Evidence

COURSE TO BUILD · I-107 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-108

Investigative Reporting and Prosecutorial Disclosure

COURSE TO BUILD · I-108 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

I-109

Complex, Cross-Border and International Investigations

COURSE TO BUILD · I-109 is identified in the Investigator / Investigative Candidate pathway but is not yet being treated as a completed course.

STAGE 5 · PRACTICAL TRAINING

Practical Investigative Training

Separate practical stage covering:

  1. Case assessment and investigative issue identification
  2. Investigative planning exercise
  3. Evidence collection and chain-of-custody exercise
  4. Witness and source handling exercise
  5. Digital and documentary evidence exercise
  6. Investigative interview exercise
  7. Investigative report exercise
  8. Complex and cross-border investigation exercise
STAGE 6 · COURT ASSESSMENT

Court Competency

Determine whether an investigative candidate has demonstrated the practical and professional competency required for the proposed Court role.

1

Written Examination

Assess legal, procedural and investigative knowledge.

2

Investigative Problem

Assess structured investigative reasoning, authority and evidence decisions.

3

Evidence Exercise

Assess evidence handling, preservation, provenance and analytical judgement.

4

Case Report Exercise

Assess clear, accurate and legally grounded investigative reporting.

5

Oral Assessment

Assess investigative reasoning, ethics, independence and professional judgement.

Boundary: Completion of Academy courses or practical training does not itself establish Court competency or appoint or authorise a person as an Investigator.

Outcome: Court competency determination recorded separately from Academy course results.

STAGE 7 · COURT SERVICE

Supervised Service

Provide supervised investigative service after successful completion of the separate Court Competency stage.

  1. Court Competency completed separately
  2. formal Court authorisation before Court investigative service begins
  3. assignment to an authorised supervising investigative structure
  4. supervised participation in Court investigations
  5. documented performance and conduct review
  6. completion of the supervision period or requirements established by the Court

Service boundary: Supervised Service is not an Academy course and does not begin solely because Academy courses have been completed.

IMPORTANT PATHWAY BOUNDARY

Learning is not appointment

Completion of International Law study, Foundation Academy learning, future role courses or practical training does not itself establish Court competency, appointment, authorisation or legal authority. Those matters remain governed by the applicable Treaty, Court Rules and separate Court procedures.