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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court canonical	7
Rome Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court	2
Founding of the International Criminal Court	1
Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court	1
Rome Conference on the Establishment of the International Criminal Court	1
UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an ICC	1
UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court	1
convening of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T313720 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Context triple: [Elements of Crimes, adoptedAt, United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court]

A. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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.
B. Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
C. Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court
The Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court is a multilateral treaty that grants the ICC, its officials, staff, and certain participants the legal protections and immunities necessary for the Court to operate independently and effectively in member states.
D. Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice
The Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice is a smaller, specially constituted body of the Court designed to handle certain cases more expeditiously than the full bench.
E. Presidency of the International Criminal Court
The Presidency of the International Criminal Court is the administrative and judicial leadership body of the ICC, composed of the President and two Vice-Presidents who oversee the court’s overall functioning and external relations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
Target entity description: 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.

A. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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.
B. Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
C. Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court
The Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court is a multilateral treaty that grants the ICC, its officials, staff, and certain participants the legal protections and immunities necessary for the Court to operate independently and effectively in member states.
D. Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice
The Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice is a smaller, specially constituted body of the Court designed to handle certain cases more expeditiously than the full bench.
E. Presidency of the International Criminal Court
The Presidency of the International Criminal Court is the administrative and judicial leadership body of the ICC, composed of the President and two Vice-Presidents who oversee the court’s overall functioning and external relations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (15)

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

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

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 ⓘ

Article 79 of the Rome Statute → adoptedAt → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court

Rome Conference → officialName → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

Rome Conference → 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 International Criminal Court

UN General Assembly resolution 52/160 → resultedIn → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court

UN General Assembly resolution 52/160 → resultedIn → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

UN General Assembly resolution 52/160 → authorized → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: convening of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court

Article 5 of the Rome Statute → adoptedBy → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

Philippe Kirsch → notableWork → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Founding of the International Criminal Court

Philippe Kirsch → participatedIn → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rome Conference on the Establishment of the International Criminal Court

Rome Statute Article 43 → adoptedAt → United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court ⓘ