Internastional criminal court
The International Criminal Court, when it was set up, was aimed at suppressing international crimes through a permanent International Criminal Court.
The Constitutional Treaty of the International Criminal Court is the Rome Statute.
Characterιstics (Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 1)
- It is permanent.
- It is international.
- It is complementary.
- Its jurisdiction stems from its founding treaty.
Its seat is The Hague (Rome Statute, Article 2)
The Cases that Have Jurisdiction to Consider are as follows:
- Genocide.
- Crimes against humanity.
- War Crimes.
- Attack.
The institutions (Statute of Rome, Article 34 is the following:
- Bureau.
- Appeal grade, first step and pre-trial stage.
- Office of the Prosecutor.
- Secretariat.
Bibliographic Sources
- Jokaris Angelos – Fotini Pazarti, National and International Criminal Offenses of International Crimes, Legal Library, Athena, 2012.
- Fani Daskalopoulou – Livada, International Criminal Court, Legal Library, Athena 2013.
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Official Web Site of the International Criminal Court, https://www.icc-cpi.int.
- United Nations Regional Information Center, http://www.unric.org.
Maria Papi
Student of Law School
University of Neapolis, Paphos
