You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.


International Criminal Court

Translation
International Criminal Court

      permanent judicial body established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) to prosecute and adjudicate individuals accused of genocide, war crimes (war crime), and crimes against humanity. On July 1, 2002, after the requisite number of countries (60) ratified the agreement, the court began sittings. It is headquartered in The Netherlands at The Hague (Hague, The).

      The ICC was established as a court of last resort to prosecute the most heinous offenses in cases where national courts fail to act. Unlike the International Court of Justice, which hears disputes between states, the ICC handles prosecutions of individuals. The court's jurisdiction extends to offenses that occurred after July 1, 2002, that were committed either in a state that has ratified the agreement or by a national of such a state.

      Although the Rome Statute was widely praised (some 140 countries had signed the agreement by the time it entered into force), few countries in the Middle East or Asia joined. Further, by 2002, China, Russia, and the United States had declined to participate, and the United States had threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping forces unless its citizens (both military and civilian) were exempted from prosecution by the ICC. Nevertheless, within five years of its first sitting more than 100 countries had ratified the treaty. All member countries are represented in the Assembly of States Parties, which oversees the activities of the ICC.

      The ICC's first hearing, held in 2006, was to decide whether charges should be brought against Thomas Lubanga, who was accused of recruiting child soldiers in Congo (Kinshasa). The following year the court's prosecutor announced charges against a government minister and a militia leader in The Sudan stemming from atrocities committed in Darfur. Lubanga's trial, the first conducted by the ICC, began in January 2009.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • International Criminal Court — (ICC) the statute of the International Criminal Court was agreed in July 1998. This permanent court will have jurisdiction over serious international crimes, namely genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. The Court …   Law dictionary

  • International Criminal Court —   [ɪntə næʃnl krɪmɪnl kɔːt, englisch], Abkürzung ICC, der Internationale Strafgerichtshof …   Universal-Lexikon

  • International Criminal Court — Not to be confused with the International Court of Justice. International Criminal Court Cour pénale internationale (French) …   Wikipedia

  • International Criminal Court — Logo des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofes Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof, IStGH (französisch Cour pénale internationale, CPI ; engl. International Criminal Court, ICC) ist ein ständiges internationales Strafgericht. Seine Zuständigkeit… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • International Criminal Court — Cour pénale internationale Pour les articles homonymes, voir CPI. Cour pénale internationale International Criminal Court …   Wikipédia en Français

  • International Criminal Court — Foreign Ministry: ICC …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь

  • international criminal court — Международный уголовный суд …   Англо-русский юридический словарь

  • International Criminal Court — (ICC) Международный уголовный суд (МУС) …   Терминологический словарь МИД России

  • International Criminal Court — Уголовное право: (the) Международный уголовный суд …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

  • United States and the International Criminal Court — Positions in the United States concerning the International Criminal Court (ICC) vary widely. The current U.S. administration does not intend to join the ICC, which was established in 2002 as a permanent criminal court to investigate and… …   Wikipedia

Фильмы