International Criminal Court

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The International Criminal Court is a permanent international tribunal that prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization
international court
permanent tribunal
adoptedBy United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
canExerciseJurisdictionWhen national courts are unwilling or unable genuinely to prosecute
canProsecuteIndividualsFrom States Parties to the Rome Statute
canReceiveReferralFrom United Nations Security Council
cooperatesWith United Nations
createdByTreaty Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
surface form: Rome Statute
dateEstablished 2002-07-01
dateStatuteAdopted 1998-07-17
enteredIntoForce 2002-07-01
firstConvictionDate 2012-03-14
firstTrialStartDate 2009-01-26
foundedBy Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
hasAcronym ICC
hasFirstConviction Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
hasFirstTrial Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
hasOrgan Assembly of States Parties
Judicial Divisions of the International Criminal Court
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Presidency of the International Criminal Court
Registry of the International Criminal Court
hasPredecessorConcept International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Nuremberg trials
surface form: Nuremberg Military Tribunals
hasPresident Piotr Hofmański
hasProsecutor Karim Ahmad Khan
hasWorkingLanguage English
French
headquartersCountry Netherlands
headquartersLocation The Hague
isComplementaryTo national criminal jurisdictions
isIndependentFrom United Nations system
jurisdictionOver crime of aggression
crimes against humanity
genocide
war crimes
legalBasis Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
surface form: Rome Statute
locatedInBuilding International Criminal Court building
memberOf Association of International Criminal Law Institutions
numberOfStatesParties 120+
shortName ICC
triesIndividualsNot states

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Anthony Carmona memberOfCourt International Criminal Court
Moreno Ocampo employer International Criminal Court
Moreno Ocampo affiliation International Criminal Court