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There are several types of witnesses who can testify before the Court. Fact witnesses have knowledge and testify about what happened. They can be crimes-based witnesses when they have suffered harm and testify as witnesses about what happened to them.
Rights during the pre-trial phase. The Pre-trial Chamber of the ICC ensures the overall integrity of the investigatory proceedings. Their primary concern is upholding the rights of the defence during the investigation phase. Such rights are provided in both the Rome Statute (article 55) and the RPE and include:
- Jurisdiction
- Complementarity
- Cooperation
The Court may exercise jurisdiction in a situation where genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes were committed on or after 1 July 2002 and: 1. the crimes were committed by a State Party national, or in the territory of a State Party, or in a State that has accepted the jurisdiction of the Court; or 2. the crimes were referred to the ICC Pr...
The ICC is intended to complement, not to replace, national criminal systems; it prosecutes cases only when States do not are unwilling or unable to do so genuinely.
As a judicial institution, the ICC does not have its own police force or enforcement body; thus, it relies on cooperation with countries worldwide for support, particularly for making arrests, transferring arrested persons to the ICC detention centre in The Hague, freezing suspects’ assets, and enforcing sentences. While not a United Nations organi...
The International Criminal Court can only intervene where a State is unable or unwilling to genuinely carry out the investigation and prosecute the perpetrators. The primary mission of the International Criminal Court is to help put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the
Victims are allowed to testify at trial. They can testify as witnesses called by the OTP, and can also testify independently of the OTP. Representatives of victims are allowed to submit evidence to support, or to demonstrate the unreliability of, evidence presented by the OTP and the Defense.
The Court's Statute creates a true international criminal justice system. It will provide impartial and qualified judges, due process and fair trials to individuals accused of crimes...
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Additionally, the witness while testifying in court can request that he or she are not seen by the public and that protective measures, such as disguising their voice on the audio broadcast, are utilized.
