ICC Questions & Answers
ICC functions
The first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community
Independent international organization, not part of the UN system
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ICC Questions & Answers
ICC functions - answer The first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court
established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of
concern to the international community
Independent international organization, not part of the UN system
Abides by International criminal law (Means people can actually go to jail if their
convicted)
ICC purpose philisophical - answer certain acts so terrible that they should be
considered crimes against Humanity
ICC purpose practical - answer global responsibility to handle problem because all
affected by it
not just up to domestics law
crimes committed usually by insurgencies or the actual state themselves
models for ICC - answer Nuremberg Tribunal (1945-46) (Foreign officials of Nazi
regimes)
Tokyo Tribunal (1946-48) (Former government officials of Japanese Regime after
WWII)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (est. 1993)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (est. 1994)
Rome statute of the ICC (ICC treaty) - answer What the ICC is governed by
Treaty text adopted on July 17, 1998
ICC officially born on July 1, 2002
Ratified by 60 countries
Currently 122 ratifications
Jurisdiction of ICC - answer International crimes only if they were committed on the
territory of a State Party or by one of its nationals
However, conditions don't apply if a situation is referred to the Prosecutor by the UN
Security Council, whose resolutions are binding on all UN member states
Jurisdiction of the Court is prospective only: the only prosecutable crimes are those
committed after July 1, 2002 (when the Court came into being) (Art. 24)
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