For the first time in the history of humankind, States decided to accept the jurisdiction of a permanent
international criminal court for the prosecution of the perpetrators of the most serious crimes committed in their territories or by their nationals after the entry into force of the Rome Statute on 1 July 2002," the ICC primer reads.
The
International Criminal Court now has 122 member countries.
Bashir) has immunity and what happens if he travels to states that don't belong to the
International Criminal Court.
For as long as the Libyan justice system remains weak and unable to conduct effective investigations into alleged crimes, the
International Criminal Court is an important mechanism for accountability in Libya," it said.
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, made today the following statement on the ratification of the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court by Cape Verde:
Mr Hague refused to be drawn on the implications for the
International Criminal Court of allowing the Libyan leader to remain in the country
For her part, Lecturer at Aleppo University Hala Zuda pointed out to the ways of prosecuting the Israeli criminals in the Syrian Judiciary and the
International Criminal Court through amending some articles of the Syrian criminal law to include the crimes of the Zionist entity against the Arab people in the occupied territories.
2) Official Records of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an
International Criminal Court, Rome, 15 June / 17 July 1998, (UN doc.
President Bashir has been defiant since a warrant was issued for his arrest March 4 by the
International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges that he knowingly directed a campaign of murder, rape, torture, pillage and displacement of large numbers of civilians in Darfur.
Summary: The
International Criminal Court at the Hague issued an international warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on Wednesday forC*
The Islamic Republic has taken Sudan's side and opposed the recent indictment by the
International Criminal Court of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Jakarta -- The Advocacy Service for Justice and Peace in Indonesia has decided to take the executions of three Indonesian Catholics to the
International Criminal Court, claiming the executions were illegal and unconstitutional.
