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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (often referred to as the International Criminal Court Statute or the Rome Statute) is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome on 17 July 1998 and it entered into force on 1 July 2002. As of 6 January 2015, 123 states are party to the statute. Among other things, the statute establishes the court's functions, jurisdiction and structure.
The Rome Statute established four core international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Those crimes "shall not be subject to any statute of limitations". Under the Rome Statute, the ICC can only investigate and prosecute the four core international crimes in situations where states are "unable" or "unwilling" to do so themselves. The court has jurisdiction over crimes only if they are committed in the territory of a state party or if they are committed by a national of a state party; an exception to this rule is that the ICC may also have jurisdiction over crimes if its jurisdiction is authorized by the United Nations Security Council.
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| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court |
Parties and signatories of the Statute
State party
State party for which it has not entered into force
Signatory that has not ratified
Non-state party, non-signatory
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| Drafted |
17 July 1998 |
| Signed |
17 July 1998[1] |
| Location |
Rome, Italy[1] |
| Effective |
1 July 2002[2] |
| Condition |
60 ratifications[3] |
| Signatories |
139[2] |
| Parties |
123[2] |
| Depositary |
UN Secretary-General[1] |
| Languages |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish[4] |
 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at Wikisource |
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Palestine News Network
January 18, 2018
The Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, ... and against Torture, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention and amounting to crimes under the Rome Statute.
Middle East Eye
January 12, 2018
Recently, a senior Knesset committee was reportedly warned, as part of a secret briefing, that 2018 could see the International Criminal Court (ICC) move ... As Human Rights Watch noted, when Palestine formally joined the ICC in 2015, the Rome Statute "classifies as a war crime an occupying power'sÃÂ ...
Duke Today
January 11, 2018
... of Aggression and a co-organizer of the worldwide campaign to ratify the 2010 Kampala amendments to the ICC Statute. Ferencz was a contributing author to the 2012 Handbook on the Ratification and Implementation of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Media Line
January 9, 2018
Israel's National Security Council reportedly warned senior parliamentarians that the International Criminal Court will likely open a formal investigation ... Lastly, Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, and thus argues that the Hague-based court has no jurisdiction toÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
December 31, 2017
... of the post-election violence (PEV) that included President Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto at the International Criminal Court in The Hague has ... At the global front, the government has lost steam in its quest to withdraw Kenya from the Rome Statute which creates the ICC, a move that was meantÃÂ ...
Los Alamos Daily Post
December 29, 2017
The Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Dec. 14 in New York has added three new war crimes to the Rome Statute. Belgium had proposed these amendments to the Statute, which is the founding treaty of the ICC, as early as 2009. The new war crimes added to the RomeÃÂ ...
Otago Daily Times
December 26, 2017
On December 15, the 123 countries that are members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) agreed that the court would begin to exercise jurisdiction ... When the Rome Statute - the treaty establishing the ICC - was negotiated in 1998, the crime of aggression was left out of the court's jurisdiction, largelyÃÂ ...
africanews
December 22, 2017
Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Sudan's Omar al-Bashir have agreed to jointly confront the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of bias against African leaders. ... Sudan, which is not a state member of Rome Statute of the ICC, has been campaigning for an African withdrawal from the court. RwandaÃÂ ...
Eyewitness News
December 19, 2017
The International Criminal Court (ICC) marks the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute that established it next year. The ICC, with 123 states parties, is the first permanent global tribunal aimed at prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and in future the crime of aggression. A significantÃÂ ...
Business Day
December 17, 2017
The DA has warned that a proposed bill for the repeal of SA's commitment as a signatory to the Rome Statute — to enable it to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) — will not pass through Parliament unchallenged. The bill was tabled in Parliament last Wednesday and will go through formalÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 16, 2017
... under UN auspices, of a permanent international criminal court (ICC) with global jurisdiction. The ICC is the world's court of last resort, specifically tasked with investigating genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It began work in The Hague in 2002, when the Rome statute came into force.
Business Day
December 14, 2017
The Rome Statute compels signatories to arrest foreign leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC issued a warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's arrest after he was charged with crimes against humanity‚ war crimes and genocide. SA failed to arrest Bashir during his visitÃÂ ...
Huffington Post South Africa (blog)
December 6, 2017
... from the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Justice Minister Michael Masutha will soon submit government's notice of withdrawal from the Rome Statute, ... This followed a court order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the ICC, from leaving South Africa.
Inquirer.net
December 31, 1999
The Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court provides that the ICC “shall be a permanent institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern … and shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions.” (It's worthÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by different parties including the US military and ... the perpetrators of the worst crimes known to humankind — war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide" under the Rome Statute adopted at aÃÂ ...
St. Louis Public Radio
November 16, 2017
... said it's clear that such crimes are illegal under customary international law, including the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court.
The Statesman
November 16, 2017
Thus the scenario is different in the case of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Rome Statute established the ICC and with its ...
AllAfrica.com
November 15, 2017
... the decision by the International Criminal Court to open investigations into ... The move comes after the ICC judges authorised the prosecutor to open a ... Burundi became a state party of the Rome Statute -- the treaty that ...
The Punch
November 14, 2017
... defying an international Criminal Court arrest warrant against him. The ICC issued arrest warrants for al-Bashir in 2009 and 2010 on charges of war ... in spite being a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, ...
Libya Herald
November 12, 2017
The commitment International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor ... the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court (ICC), ...
Voice of America
November 12, 2017
Tanzania, Uganda Leaders Criticize ICC Probe of Burundi ... plan by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged ... Burundi became a member of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, in 2004.
TRT World
November 11, 2017
"In any case, Burundi will never begin cooperation with the ICC for implementing a decision that was taken in violation of the Rome Statute [the ...
ReliefWeb
November 9, 2017
He argued that the International Criminal Court had been selective in its ... aimed at closing the impunity gap, not only for Rome Statute crimes, ...
Deutsche Welle
November 9, 2017
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague approved ... committed while Burundi was a State party to the ICC Rome Statute.
NPR
November 3, 2017
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is calling for an ... to the Rome Statute," the international treaty that established the ICC.
Daily Nation
October 28, 2017
Burundi on Friday became the first ever nation to leave the International Criminal Court, set up some 15 years ago to prosecute those behind ...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
Tanzania, Uganda Leaders Criticize ICC Probe of Burundi ... plan by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged ... Burundi became a member of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, in 2004.
BuzzFeed News
December 31, 1999
... petition on Wednesday asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ... The Rome Statute was the first international criminal law treaty that ...
Eurasia Review
August 22, 2017
Libya: Activist Files ICC Complaint Against General Haftar ... has filed an official complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing ... which according to the Rome Statute of the Internaitonal Criminal Court is theÃÂ ...
Business Day (registration)
August 21, 2017
... signatory to the Rome Statute, domesticated as an act of Parliament. The International Criminal Court ruled in July that SA had erred in failingÃÂ ...
The Libya Observer
August 20, 2017
According to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, denial of quarter means refusal to take prisoners and to show no clemency.
Sudan Tribune
August 19, 2017
Al-Bashir is under two International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants ... what they were signing up for when they ratified the Rome Statute.
Independent Online
August 17, 2017
A supporter of Kenya s Uhuru Kenyatta waits outside the ICC in The Hague. ... Burundi, South Africa and Gambia are leaving the Rome StatuteÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
August 17, 2017
SERAP noted that Nigeria is a state party to the Rome Statute and ... of the provisions of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court.
AllAfrica.com
August 17, 2017
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands has assured ... In ICC's response, it told HURIWA that a similar petition had been filed ... "The Rome Statute in article 7 defines 'crime against humanity' to includeÃÂ ...
Vanguard
August 16, 2017
SERAP asks ICC to investigate alleged missing N11trn electricity fund ... of the provisions of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court.
Aljazeera.com
August 14, 2017
... population of an occupied territory could amount to war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court," the report reads.
africanews
August 14, 2017
The International Criminal Court will on Thursday issue an order for ... According to the Rome Statute, judges can now decide that victims areÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
August 12, 2017
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have initiated a ... Article 110 of the court's founding law, the Rome Statute, provides for aÃÂ ...
Just Security
August 11, 2017
Iraq has not joined the International Criminal Court (ICC); the ... refer the case to the ICC under Article 13(b) of the Rome Statute, as it did withÃÂ ...
New Vision
August 3, 2017
Morocco, which was not one of the 124 signatories of the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court, has hosted BashirÃÂ ...
Hague Justice Portal
August 2, 2017
ICC signs cooperation agreement with Government of Georgia ... On 25 July 2017, the Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Mr Herman von ... of Georgia as a State party to the ICC Rome Statute since 2003 andÃÂ ...
Lexology (registration)
August 2, 2017
The ICC was asked to answer two questions: (1) was South Africa's ... of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute);ÃÂ ...
The Wire
July 31, 2017
The International Criminal Court (ICC) recently ruled on the failure of ... South Africa ratified the Rome Statute on November 27, 2000, and isÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
July 27, 2017
The International Criminal Court's July 6 ruling on Sudanese President ... those under the Rome Statute, the founding document for the ICC.
The Conversation AU
July 26, 2017
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has finally handed down it's highly ... to comply with its obligations as a signatory to the Rome Statute.
GhanaWeb
July 24, 2017
Pass Ghana International Criminal Court Bill – ACILA ... implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Ghana.
Human Rights Watch
July 12, 2017
The court's founding treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted on July 17, 1998. ... “The International Criminal Court needs the active support of itsÃÂ ...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
ICC rules jihadist liable for 2.7m euros for Timbuktu rampage ... The International Criminal Court ordered that the victims of the razing of the ... According to the court's 1998 founding accord, the Rome Statute, judges canÃÂ ...
The Republic
March 29, 2017
She also has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, but Ivory Coast has refused to transfer her.
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