International Criminal Court (ICC)
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
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Permanent judicial body established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) to prosecute individuals accused of
genocide,
war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
The court commenced operations on July 1, 2002, after the requisite number of countries (60) ratified the Rome Statute (some 140 countries signed the agreement). The ICC was established as a court of last resort to prosecute the most heinous offenses in cases where national courts fail to act. It is headquartered in The Hague. By 2002 China, Russia, and the U.S. had declined to participate in the ICC, and the U.S. had campaigned actively to have its citizens exempted from the court's jurisdiction.
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