United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court

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The United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court was the 1998 Rome conference at which states negotiated and adopted the Rome Statute, creating the permanent International Criminal Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations conference
diplomatic conference
international conference
adoptedInstrument Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
adoptionMethod vote
alsoKnownAs Rome Conference
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
surface form: UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an ICC
continent Europe
convenedBy United Nations General Assembly
country Italy
created International Criminal Court
endDate 1998-07-17
field international relations
treaty law
focus definition of crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
establishment of a permanent international criminal court
relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations
rules of procedure and evidence for the International Criminal Court
followedBy Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
hostCity Rome
hostedBy Italy
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalBasis UN General Assembly resolution 52/160
location Italy
Rome
numberOfParticipatingStates over 160
organizedBy United Nations
participation intergovernmental organizations as observers
observers from non-governmental organizations
representatives of UN Member States
precededBy Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
purpose to finalize and adopt a treaty for an International Criminal Court
to negotiate the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court
result adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
shortName Rome Conference
surface form: Rome Diplomatic Conference
significance major milestone in the development of international criminal justice
marked the creation of the first permanent international criminal court
startDate 1998-06-15
subjectMatter human rights
international criminal law
international humanitarian law
voteResult 120 in favour, 7 against, 21 abstentions on the Rome Statute
year 1998

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Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adoptedAt United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Elements of Crimes adoptedAt United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court adoptedBy United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court alsoKnownAs United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
this entity surface form: UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an ICC