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Coalition For Criminal Court
Coalition For Criminal Court
Criminal Court
presents
http://www.iccnow.org/
From Nuremberg to Rome
• Ad hoc Tribunals
• PrepCom
• end impunity
• remedy deficiencies of
ad hoc tribunals
Sanctions
embargoes
ad hoc tribunals
War Crimes
Rape
Genocide
Crimes against
Humanity
1993 Resolution 827
The Hague 1995 Resolution 955
Arusha, Tanzania
http://www.un.org/icty/glance.htm http://www.ictr.org/
Problems of Ad hoc Tribunals
• Selective justice
• Funding
• Slow pace of arrest and prosecutions
• Management and administrative difficulties
• Inmate population
• Time/place restrictions
• Surrender and/or arrest of suspects
genocide
crimes against humanity
war crimes
the crime of aggression.
http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html
Article 13
Exercise of jurisdiction
State Party
http://www.un.org/law/icc/statute/romefra.htm
Jurisdiction Facts
Selection Criteria:
Article 11:
(1) The Court has jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed
after the entry into force of this Statute.
(2) If a State becomes a Party to this Statute after its entry into force,
the Court may exercise its jurisdiction only with respect to crimes
committed after the entry into force of this Statute for that State,
unless that State has made a declaration under article 12, paragraph 3.
http://www.un.org/law/icc/statute/romefra.htm
Regional Perspectives
http://www.iccnow.org/html/countryindex.html
Key Upcoming Issues
• Election of Judges
• Assembly of State Parties Meeting
• First Year Budget
• Practical Issues
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QUESTIONS
Will the ICC really have much purpose, since there have only been three
international tribunals in 50 years?
What prevents the ICC from extending its jurisdiction and becoming a
judiciary arm of a world government?