Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

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organ of an international court organ of the International Criminal Court prosecutorial body

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of the Prosecutor	3
Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court	1
ICC Deputy Prosecutors	1
ICC Prosecutor	1
Prosecution Pillar of the Office of the Prosecutor	1
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organ of an international court ⓘ organ of the International Criminal Court ⓘ prosecutorial body ⓘ
cooperatesWith	States Parties to the Rome Statute ⓘ United Nations ⓘ civil society organizations ⓘ regional organizations ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
dateFormed	2002 ⓘ
establishedBy	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
firstHolderOfOffice	Luis Moreno Ocampo ⓘ
function	conduct investigations ⓘ conduct preliminary examinations ⓘ cooperate with States and international organizations in investigations and prosecutions ⓘ determine whether to open preliminary examinations ⓘ participate in hearings before the ICC ⓘ prepare and litigate cases before ICC Chambers ⓘ present evidence against accused persons ⓘ receive referrals and communications on crimes within ICC jurisdiction ⓘ request authorization from ICC Pre-Trial Chamber to open investigations when required ⓘ seek arrest warrants and summonses to appear ⓘ
governingStatute	Rome Statute Article 42 ⓘ
hasPart	Deputy Prosecutor(s) ⓘ Investigation Division ⓘ Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division ⓘ Prosecution Division ⓘ Prosecutor ⓘ
hasProsecutor	Fatou Bensouda ⓘ Karim Ahmad Khan ⓘ Luis Moreno Ocampo ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Netherlands ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
inception	1 July 2002 ⓘ
independence	acts independently as a separate organ of the ICC ⓘ
isOrganOf	International Criminal Court ⓘ
jurisdiction	crime of aggression ⓘ crimes against humanity ⓘ crimes under the Rome Statute ⓘ genocide ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
legalBasis	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
legalStatus	independent organ of the ICC not subject to external direction ⓘ
locatedIn	Peace Palace ⓘ surface form: Peace Palace neighborhood, The Hague Seat of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
mandate	conduct investigations into alleged core international crimes ⓘ examine situations under the Rome Statute ⓘ prosecute individuals before the ICC ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
parentOrganization	International Criminal Court ⓘ
partOf	International Criminal Court ⓘ
reportsTo	Assembly of States Parties ⓘ surface form: Assembly of States Parties (administrative and budgetary matters) ICC Chambers (in judicial proceedings) ⓘ
selectionMethod	Prosecutor elected by the Assembly of States Parties ⓘ
shortName	OTP ⓘ Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of the Prosecutor
structure	headed by the Prosecutor ⓘ
subjectTo	oversight by the Assembly of States Parties on non-prosecutorial matters ⓘ
termLength	nine years non-renewable for the Prosecutor ⓘ
website	https://www.icc-cpi.int/about/otp ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OTP → abbreviationOf → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Headquarters Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the Host State → appliesTo → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: ICC Prosecutor

Headquarters Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the Host State → appliesTo → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: ICC Deputy Prosecutors

APIC → beneficiary → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

APIC → beneficiary → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court

Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court → bindingOn → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court → createsOrgan → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

International Criminal Court → hasOrgan → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

ICC → hasOrgan → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

subject surface form: International Criminal Court

Fatou Bensouda → memberOf → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Luis Moreno Ocampo → memberOf → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Karim Ahmad Khan → officeHeldAtOrganization → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Investigation Division → parentOrganization → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Prosecutor

Investigation Division → partOf → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prosecution Pillar of the Office of the Prosecutor

Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division → partOf → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Prosecution Division → partOf → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo → prosecutor → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Rome Statute Article 42 → regulates → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court → relatedTo → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

ICC Chambers (in judicial proceedings) → relatedTo → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

subject surface form: ICC Chambers

Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court → shortName → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Prosecutor

Registry of the International Criminal Court → supportsOrgan → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Prosecutor

Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court → usedBy → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Elements of Crimes → usedBy → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Judicial Divisions of the International Criminal Court → worksWith → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ⓘ