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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is
the first ever permanent, treaty
based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of
law and
ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished.
The Court shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions. The
jurisdiction and functioning of the Court shall be governed by the
provisions of
the Rome Statute.
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was established on
17 July
1998, when 120 States participating in the "United Nations Diplomatic
Conference
of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal
Court"
adopted the Statute. The Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002.
Anyone who
commits any of the crimes under the Statute after this date will be
liable for
prosecution by the Court. |