Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

• Coming into Force: 01 July 2002
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Registration Number: 38544
• Date of Conclusion: 17 July 1998
• Registration Date: 01 July 2002
• Citation: UNTS v. 2187 (p.3)
• Subject Terms: Rome Statute,Penal matters,Legal matters,Criminal matters,Charters-Constitutions-Statutes
• Participants: Afganistán,Albania,Argelia,Andorra,Angola,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Bahamas,Bahrein,Bangladesh,Barbados,Bélgica,Belize,Benin,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Botswana,Brasil,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Camboya,Camerún,Canada,Cabo Verde,Central African Republic,Chad,Chile,Colombia,Comoros,Congo,Cook Islands,Costa Rica,Côte d'Ivoire,Croacia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Dinamarca,Djibouti,Dominica,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Egipto,El Salvador,Eritrea,Estonia,Fiji,Finlandia,France,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Grenada,Guatemala,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hungria,Islandia,Iran (Islamic Republic of),Ireland,Israel,Italia,Jamaica,Japón,Jordan,Kenya,Kiribati,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lesotho,Liberia,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Maldives,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritius,México,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Namibia,Nauru,Holanda,New Zealand,Niger,Nigeria,None,Noruega,Oman,Panamá,Paraguay,Perú,Philippines,Polonia,Portugal,Republic of Korea,Republic of Moldova,Rumania,Russian Federation,Samoa,San Marino,Sao Tome and Principe,Senegal,Serbia and Montenegro,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,Solomon Islands,South Africa,España,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,State of Palestine,Sudan,Suriname,Suecia,Suiza,Syrian Arab Republic,Tajikistan,Thailand,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Timor-Leste,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United Republic of Tanzania,United States,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Vanuatu,Venezuela,Yemen,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Zambia,Zimbabwe
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: ex officio
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

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ROME

STATUTE

OF

THE

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT

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ROME

STATUTE

OF

THE

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT

PREAMBLE

The States Parties

to

this

Statute,

Conscious

that

all

peoples

are

united

by

common

bonds,

their

cultures

pieced together

in

a

shared

heritage,

and

concerned

that

this

delicate

mosaic

may be

shattered

at

any

time,

Mindful that

during

this

century

millions

of

children,

women

and

men

have

been

vic-

tims

of

unimaginable

atrocities

that

deeply

shock

the

conscience

of

humanity,

Recognizing

that

such

grave

crimes

threaten

the

peace,

security

and

well-being

of

the

world,

Affirming that

the

most

serious

crimes

of

concern

to

the

international

community

as

a

whole must

not

go

unpunished

and that

their

effective prosecution

must be

ensured by

tak-

ing

measures

at the

national

level

and

by

enhancing

international

cooperation,

Determine

to

put

an

end

to

impunity

for

the perpetrators

of

these

crimes

and

thus

to

contribute

to

the

prevention

of

such

crimes,

Recalling that

it

is

the

duty

of

every State

to

exercise

its

criminal

jurisdiction

over

those

responsible

for

international

crimes,

Reaffirming

the

Purposes

and

Principles

of

the

Charter

of

the

United

Nations,

and

in

particular

that

all

States shall

refrain

from

the

threat or

use

of

force

against

the

territorial

integrity

or

political independence

of

any State, or

in

any

other manner

inconsistent

with

the

Purposes

of

the

United

Nations,

Emphasizing

in

this

connection

that

nothing

in

this

Statute

shall be

taken

as

authorizing

any State

Party

to

intervene

in

an

armed

conflict or

in

the

internal

affairs

of

any

State,

Determine

to

these

ends and

for

the

sake

of

present

and

future

generations,

to

establish

an

independent

permanent

International

Criminal

Court

in

relationship with the

united

Na-

tions

system, with

jurisdiction

over

the

most serious

crimes

of

concern

to

the

international

community

as

a

whole,

Emphasizing

that

the

International

Criminal

Court established

under this Statute

shall

be

complementary

to

national

criminal

jurisdictions,

Resolved

to

guarantee

lasting respect

for

and

the

enforcement

of

international

justice,

Have

agreed

as

follows:

PART

1.

ESTABLISHMENT OF

THE COURT

Article

1.

The

Court

An

International

Criminal

Court

("the

Court")

is

hereby

established.

It

shall be

a

per-

manent institution

and

shall have

the

power

to

exercise

its

jurisdiction

over persons for

the

most serious crimes

of

international

concern,

as

referred

to in

this Statute,

and

shall

be com-

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plementary

to

national criminal

jurisdictions.

The

jurisdiction

and

functioning

of

the

Court

shall

be

governed by

the

provisions

of

this

Statute.

Article

2.

Relationship

of

the

Court

with

the United

Nations

The

Court

shall be

brought

into

relationship with the United Nations

through

an

agree-

ment

to be

approved

by

the

Assembly

of

States

Parties

to

this

Statute

and

thereafter

con-

cluded

by the

President

of

the

Court

on

its

behalf.

Article

3.

Seat

of

the

Court

1.

The

seat

of

the

Court

shall

be

established

at The

Hague

in the

Netherlands

("the

host

State").

2.

The

Court

shall

enter

into

a

headquarters

agreement with

the

host

State,

to

be ap-

proved

by the

Assembly

of

States Parties

and

thereafter

concluded

by

the

President

of

the

Court on its

behalf.

3.

The

Court

may sit elsewhere, whenever

it

considers

it

desirable,

as

provided

in

this

Statute.

Article

4.

Legal

status

and

powers

of

the

Court

1.

The

Court

shall have

international

legal

personality.

It

shall

also

have

such legal

capacity

as

may

be

necessary

for

the exercise

of

its

functions

and the

fulfilment

of

its

pur-

poses.

2.

The

Court may

exercise

its

functions and

powers,

as

provided

in

this Statute,

on

the

territory

of

any

State

Party

and,

by

special

agreement,

on the

territory

of

any

other

State.

PART

2.

JURISDICTION,

ADMISSIBILITY

AND

APPLICABLE

LAW

Article

5.

Crimes within

thejurisdiction

of

the

Court

1.

The

jurisdiction

of

the Court

shall

be

limited

to

the

most

serious

crimes

of

concern

to the

international community

as

a

whole.

The

Court

has

jurisdiction

in

accordance

with

this

Statute with

respect

to

the

following crimes:

(a)

The

crime

of

genocide;

(b)

Crimes

against

humanity;

(c)

War crimes;

(d)

The

crime

of

aggression.

2.

The

Court

shall

exercise

jurisdiction

over the crime

of

aggression once

a

provision

is

adopted

in

accordance with

articles

121

and

123

defining

the crime and

setting

out

the

conditions

under

which

the Court

shall

exercise

jurisdiction

with respect

to

this

crime.

Such

a

provision

shall

be

consistent

with

the

relevant

provisions

of

the

Charter

of

the

United

Na-

tions.