What are war crimes?
- Murder
- Torture
- Mutilation
- Sexual or gender-based violence
- Hostage-taking
- Pillaging
- Attacks on civilian populations or non-combatants
- Deliberate population displacement
Rome Statute details
- The Rome Statute was adopted in 1998 and went into effect in 2002
- The Statute establishes the ICC's jurisdiction over the four core international crimes
- The Statute also addresses admissibility, applicable law, investigations, trials, penalties, and more
ICC jurisdiction
- The ICC is an independent judicial body that tries individuals, not states
- The ICC's jurisdiction is complementary to that of domestic courts
- The ICC's mandate is to hold individuals accountable for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community
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