Article 5 of the Rome Statute

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Article 5 of the Rome Statute is the provision that defines the core international crimes—genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression—over which the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction.

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Article 5 of the Rome Statute canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty
adoptedBy United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
adoptedWithInstrument Rome Statute adoption on 17 July 1998
appliesIn situations referred to the International Criminal Court
appliesTo States Parties to the Rome Statute
associatedWith establishment of the International Criminal Court
basisFor subject-matter jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
category substantive provision of the Rome Statute
citedBy decisions of the International Criminal Court
international criminal law scholarship
concerns individual criminal responsibility for international crimes
concernsJurisdictionOf International Criminal Court
defines core crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
enteredIntoForceWithInstrument Rome Statute entry into force on 1 July 2002
establishesCategory crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court
formsBasisFor subsequent detailed definitions of crimes in the Rome Statute
grantsJurisdictionOver crime of aggression
crimes against humanity
genocide
war crimes
hasLegalStatus binding on States Parties to the Rome Statute
hasNumber 5
influencedBy customary international law on core crimes
interpretedBy International Criminal Court
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalEffect delimits subject-matter jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
legalNature treaty provision
legalSystem international criminal law
limitsJurisdictionTo most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole
locatedInInstrumentPart Part 2 of the Rome Statute
objective to confine the Court’s jurisdiction to the gravest crimes
partOf Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
placeOfAdoption Rome
recognizedBy States Parties to the Rome Statute
regulates scope of crimes prosecutable before the International Criminal Court
relatedTo Article 6 of the Rome Statute
Article 7 of the Rome Statute
Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute
Article 8 of the Rome Statute
requiresFurtherDefinitionFor crime of aggression
subjectOf jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
title Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court
yearOfAdoption 1998

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Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute complements Article 5 of the Rome Statute
Resolution RC/Res.6 amends Article 5 of the Rome Statute