Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

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constituent instrument of an international organization founding treaty international criminal law treaty multilateral treaty

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the foundational international treaty that established the ICC and defines its jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rome Statute	6
Part 2 of the Rome Statute	3
Article 81 of the Rome Statute	1
Article 83 of the Rome Statute	1
Article 84 of the Rome Statute	1
Article 85 of the Rome Statute	1
Part 3: General Principles of Criminal Law	1
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998	1
Rome Statute system	1
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent instrument of an international organization ⓘ founding treaty ⓘ international criminal law treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt	Rome ⓘ
adoptedBy	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
adoptedOn	1998-07-17 ⓘ
amendedBy	Kampala Amendments ⓘ
articleCountApproximate	128 articles ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	complementarity to national criminal jurisdictions ⓘ
conditionForEntryIntoForce	60 ratifications ⓘ
containsPart	Part 10: Enforcement ⓘ Part 11: Assembly of States Parties ⓘ Part 12: Financing ⓘ Part 13: Final Clauses ⓘ Part 1: Establishment of the Court ⓘ Part 2: Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Applicable Law ⓘ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Part 3: General Principles of Criminal Law Part 4: Composition and Administration of the Court ⓘ Part 5: Investigation and Prosecution ⓘ Part 6: The Trial ⓘ Part 7: Penalties ⓘ Part 8: Appeal and Revision ⓘ Part 9: International Cooperation and Judicial Assistance ⓘ Preamble ⓘ
createsOrgan	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 ⓘ
definesCrime	crime against humanity ⓘ crime of aggression ⓘ crime of genocide ⓘ war crime ⓘ
definesJurisdictionOver	crime of aggression ⓘ crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	2002-07-01 ⓘ
establishes	International Criminal Court ⓘ
hasAnnex	Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Elements of Crimes ⓘ
headquartersCountrySpecifiedAs	Netherlands ⓘ
headquartersSeatSpecifiedAs	The Hague ⓘ
KampalaAmendmentsAdoptedOn	2010-06-11 ⓘ
KampalaAmendmentsConcern	crime of aggression ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations ⓘ
preambleAffirms	end to impunity for perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community ⓘ
preambleRecalls	duty of every State to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes ⓘ
requiresRatificationBy	States ⓘ
shortName	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rome Statute
subjectOf	international criminal law ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

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

Trust Fund for Victims → legalBasis → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo → legalBasisOfConviction → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

New York Working Group → legalFramework → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Working Group on Amendments → legalFramework → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Statute

Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute → locatedInInstrument → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Part 2 of the Rome Statute

Article 8 of the Rome Statute → locatedInPart → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Part 2 of the Rome Statute

Assembly of States Parties → memberOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Statute system

Kampala Amendments → modifies → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Part 2 of the Rome Statute

Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Article 8 of the Rome Statute → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Elements of Crimes → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Kampala Amendments → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Part 10: Enforcement → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Part 8: Appeal and Revision → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Rome Statute Article 42 → partOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

APIC → relatedInstrument → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict → relatedInstrument → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court → relatedTo → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Elements of Crimes → relatedTo → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → relatedTo → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Kampala Amendments → relatedTo → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Statute

Nuremberg Principles → relatedTo → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court → shortName → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Statute

Review Conference of the Rome Statute → subjectOf → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

States Parties to the Rome Statute → treaty → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

Prosecution Division → usesLegalFramework → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ