What is the ICC

At a meeting in Rome in July 1998, the UN General Assembly approved the organization’s founding treaty. The Nuremberg Trials, the first international war crimes court, was responsible for bringing charges against top Nazi leaders. The concept of a permanent court to prosecute those responsible for the world’s worst atrocities gained traction in the 1990s. Most ICC members are from Africa, and the European Union is a steadfast supporter of the court. The Rome Statute was enacted on July 1, 2002, after being ratified by more than sixty nations.The Role of the International Criminal Court

How does the court work?

The Rome Statute is the founding treaty of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICC), granting the ICC jurisdiction over four significant crimes. These crimes include genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The ICC can prosecute these crimes as part of a large-scale attack against civilians, including murder, rape, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, enslavement, sexual slavery, torture, apartheid, and deportation. It can also frame criminalizing a State’s use of armed force against the sovereignty, integrity, or independence of another State. On 15 December 2017, the Assembly of States Parties adopted a resolution on activating the Court’s jurisdiction in Kampala, Uganda, in 2010, confirming its adoption.How the court works

What countries are members of the court?

The ICC website lists 123 countries as members of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, with 33 African States, 19 Asia-Pacific States, 18 Eastern Europe, 28 Latin American and Caribbean States, and 25 Western European states. What Is International Criminal Court? Know Who Are Its 123 Member Nations, How It Functions, Role Of Rome Statute