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The International Criminal Court (“the ICC” or “the Court”) is a permanent international court established to investigate, prosecute and try individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes of concern to the international community
- The States Parties to this Statute,
- The Court
- Seat of the Court
- Genocide
- Crimes against humanity
- Referral of a situation by a State Party
- Prosecutor
- Irrelevance of official capacity
- Responsibility of commanders and other superiors
- Mental element
- Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility
- The Presidency
- Chambers
- Excusing and disqualification of judges
- The Office of the Prosecutor
- The Registry
- Staff
- Removal from office
- Privileges and immunities
- Official and working languages
- Rules of Procedure and Evidence
- Initiation of an investigation
- Rights of persons during an investigation
- Role of the Pre-Trial Chamber in relation to a unique investigative opportunity
- Issuance by the Pre-Trial Chamber of a warrant of arrest or a summons to appear
- Arrest proceedings in the custodial State
- Initial proceedings before the Court
- Confirmation of the charges before trial
- Trial in the presence of the accused
- Functions and powers of the Trial Chamber
- Proceedings on an admission of guilt
- Rights of the accused
- Protection of the victims and witnesses and their participation in the proceedings
- Evidence
- Offences against the administration of justice
- Requirements for the decision
- Proceedings on appeal
- Revision of conviction or sentence
- Compensation to an arrested or convicted person
- Requests for cooperation: general provisions
- Surrender of persons to the Court
- Provisional arrest
- Other forms of cooperation
- Consultations
- Cooperation with respect to waiver of immunity and consent to surrender
- Execution of requests under articles 93 and 96
- Review by the Court concerning reduction of sentence
- Amendments
- Withdrawal
Conscious that all peoples are united by common bonds, their cultures pieced together in a shared heritage, and concerned that this delicate mosaic may be shattered at any time, Mindful that during this century millions of children, women and men have been victims of unimaginable atrocities that deeply shock the conscience of humanity, Recognizing ...
An International Criminal Court (“the Court”) is hereby established. It shall be a permanent institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern, as referred to in this Statute, and shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions. The jurisdiction and function...
The seat of the Court shall be established at The Hague in the Netherlands (“the host State”). The Court shall enter into a headquarters agreement with the host State, to be approved by the Assembly of States Parties and thereafter concluded by the President of the Court on its behalf. The Court may sit elsewhere, whenever it considers it desirable...
For the purpose of this Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated t...
For the purpose of this Statute, “crime against humanity” means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack: Murder; Extermination; Enslavement; Deportation or forcible transfer of population; Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of ...
A State Party may refer to the Prosecutor a situation in which one or more crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court appear to have been committed requesting the Prosecutor to investigate the situation for the purpose of determining whether one or more specific persons should be charged with the commission of such crimes. As far as possible, a re...
The Prosecutor may initiate investigations proprio motu on the basis of information on crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court. The Prosecutor shall analyse the seriousness of the information received. For this purpose, he or she may seek additional information from States, organs of the United Nations, intergovernmental or non-governmental org...
This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall ...
In addition to other grounds of criminal responsibility under this Statute for crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court: A military commander or person effectively acting as a military commander shall be criminally responsible for crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court committed by forces under his or her effective command and control, or e...
Unless otherwise provided, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court only if the material elements are committed with intent and knowledge. For the purposes of this article, a person has intent where: In relation to conduct, that person means to engage in the conduct; In rela...
In addition to other grounds for excluding criminal responsibility provided for in this Statute, a person shall not be criminally responsible if, at the time of that person’s conduct: The person suffers from a mental disease or defect that destroys that person’s capacity to appreciate the unlawfulness or nature of his or her conduct, or capacity to...
The President and the First and Second Vice-Presidents shall be elected by an absolute majority of the judges. They shall each serve for a term of three years or until the end of their respective terms of office as judges, whichever expires earlier. They shall be eligible for re-election once. The First Vice-President shall act in place of the Pres...
As soon as possible after the election of the judges, the Court shall organize itself into the divisions specified in article 34, paragraph (b). The Appeals Division shall be composed of the President and four other judges, the Trial Division of not less than six judges and the Pre-Trial Division of not less than six judges. The assignment of judge...
The Presidency may, at the request of a judge, excuse that judge from the exercise of a function under this Statute, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. (a) A judge shall not participate in any case in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be doubted on any ground. A judge shall be disqualified from a case in accordance...
The Office of the Prosecutor shall act independently as a separate organ of the Court. It shall be responsible for receiving referrals and any substantiated information on crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court, for examining them and for conducting investigations and prosecutions before the Court. A member of the Office shall not seek or act ...
The Registry shall be responsible for the non-judicial aspects of the administration and servicing of the Court, without prejudice to the functions and powers of the Prosecutor in accordance with article 42. The Registry shall be headed by the Registrar, who shall be the principal administrative officer of the Court. The Registrar shall exercise hi...
The Prosecutor and the Registrar shall appoint such qualified staff as may be required to their respective offices. In the case of the Prosecutor, this shall include the appointment of investigators. In the employment of staff, the Prosecutor and the Registrar shall ensure the highest standards of efficiency, competency and integrity, and shall hav...
A judge, the Prosecutor, a Deputy Prosecutor, the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar shall be removed from office if a decision to this effect is made in accordance with paragraph 2, in cases where that person: Is found to have committed serious misconduct or a serious breach of his or her duties under this Statute, as provided for in the Rules of P...
The Court shall enjoy in the territory of each State Party such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes. The judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors and the Registrar shall, when engaged on or with respect to the business of the Court, enjoy the same privileges and immunities as are accorded to heads of ...
The official languages of the Court shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The judgements of the Court, as well as other decisions resolving fundamental issues before the Court, shall be published in the official languages. The Presidency shall, in accordance with the criteria established by the Rules of Procedure and Evide...
The Rules of Procedure and Evidence shall enter into force upon adoption by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Assembly of States Parties. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence may be proposed by: Any State Party; The judges acting by an absolute majority; or The Prosecutor. Such amendments shall enter into force upon adoption ...
The Prosecutor shall, having evaluated the information made available to him or her, initiate an investigation unless he or she determines that there is no reasonable basis to proceed under this Statute. In deciding whether to initiate an investigation, the Prosecutor shall consider whether: The information available to the Prosecutor provides a re...
In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person: Shall not be compelled to incriminate himself or herself or to confess guilt; Shall not be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Shall, if questioned in a language other than a language ...
1. (a) Where the Prosecutor considers an investigation to present a unique opportunity to take testimony or a statement from a witness or to examine, collect or test evidence, which may not be available subsequently for the purposes of a trial, the Prosecutor shall so inform the Pre-Trial Chamber. (b) In that case, the Pre-Trial Chamber may, upon r...
At any time after the initiation of an investigation, the Pre-Trial Chamber shall, on the application of the Prosecutor, issue a warrant of arrest of a person if, having examined the application and the evidence or other information submitted by the Prosecutor, it is satisfied that: There are reasonable grounds to believe that the person has commit...
A State Party which has received a request for provisional arrest or for arrest and surrender shall immediately take steps to arrest the person in question in accordance with its laws and the provisions of Part 9. A person arrested shall be brought promptly before the competent judicial authority in the custodial State which shall determine, in acc...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date. A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations a...
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Download the PDF file of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in 1998 in Rome. The Statute defines the crimes, jurisdiction and functions of the ICC, and the role of national courts and the Security Council.
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Download the PDF of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in 1998, which establishes the jurisdiction and functions of the Court over serious international crimes. Learn about the crimes within the ICC's jurisdiction, the principles of complementarity and cooperation, and the role of the ICRC as an advisory service.
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Establishment of the Court: Part 2: Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Applicable Law: Part 3 : General Principles of Criminal Law: Part 4: Composition and Administration of the Court: Part 5 : Investigation and Prosecution: Part 6 : The Trial: Part 7 : Penalties: Part 8 : Appeal and Revision: Part 9 : International Cooperation and Judicial ...
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. The International Criminal Court ushered in a new era in the protection of human rights. The Court prosecutes genocide, crimes against human-ity and war crimes when national justice systems are either unwilling or unable to do so themselves.
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