International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court
(in other official languages)
  • French:Cour pénale internationale
    Arabic:المحكمة الجنائية الدولية
    Chinese:国际刑事法院
    Russian:Международный уголовный суд
    Spanish:Corte Penal Internacional
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Parties and signatories of the Rome Statute
  State party
  Signatory that has not ratified
  State party that subsequently withdrew its membership
  Signatory that subsequently withdrew its signature
  Not a state party, not a signatory
SeatThe Hague, Netherlands
Working languages
Official languages[1]
Member states124
Leaders
• President
Tomoko Akane
Rosario Salvatore Aitala
Reine Alapini-Gansou
Karim Ahmad Khan
• Registrar
Osvaldo Zavala Giler
Establishment
• Rome Statute adopted
17 July 1998
• Entered into force
1 July 2002

The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt)[2] is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. The ICC is distinct from the International Court of Justice, an organ of the United Nations that hears disputes between states.

Established in 2002 pursuant to the multilateral Rome Statute, the ICC is considered by its proponents to be a major step toward justice,[3] and an innovation in international law and human rights.[4] However, it has faced a number of criticisms from governments and civil society groups, including objections to its jurisdiction, accusations of bias, Eurocentrism and racism,[5] questioning of the fairness of its case selection and trial procedures, and doubts about its effectiveness.

  1. ^ "The International Criminal Court: An Introduction". Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012. The official languages of the ICC are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish and the working languages are currently English and French
  2. ^ International Criminal Court is sometimes abbreviated as ICCt to distinguish it from several other organisations abbreviated as ICC. The more common abbreviation ICC is used here.
  3. ^ "International Criminal Court | Definition, History, Purpose, & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ^ Dancy, Geoffrey Thomas (14 May 2021). "The hidden impacts of the ICC: An innovative assessment using Google data". Leiden Journal of International Law. 34 (3): 729–747. doi:10.1017/S0922156521000194. ISSN 0922-1565. S2CID 236571212.
  5. ^ Allo, Awol. "The ICC's problem is not overt racism, it is Eurocentricism". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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