International Criminal Court

Lee, R. S. 2001. The International Criminal Court. Elements of Crimes and Rules of Procedure and Evidence. New York Transnational Publishers. 

Broomhall B (2010) NuUum crimen sine lege— article 22. In Trilifterer O (ed) Commentary on the Rome statute of the International Criminal Court, 2nd edn. Beck, Munich, p 713 Castren E (1954) The present law of war and neutrality. Suomedtiisen Kiijtillisuuden Seuran Kirjapainon Oy, Helsinki... 

Price R (1995) A genealogy of the chemical weapons taboo. Int Org 49(1) 73 Robinson JP, Leitenberg M (1971) The rise of CB weapons. Almquest Wiksell, Stockholm Schabas WA (2010) The International Criminal Court. Oxford University Press, Oxford Schabas WA (2013) Chemical weapons is it a crime http //humanrightsdoctorate.blogspot. 

Zimmermann A, ener M (2014) Chemical weapons and the International Criminal Court. Am... 

Furthermore, extermination is an act that constitutes a crime against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. According to the Statute, extermination includes the intentional infliction of conditions of life, inter alia the deprivation of access to food and medicine, calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population. Therefore, as long as the other requirements are met, the obstruction of humanitarian assistance could amount to a crime against humanity. 

Article 8(2)(b)(xxv), Rome Statute of the International Crimined Court. 

Usmani M (2007) Restrictions on humanitarian aid in Darfur The role of the International Criminal Court. Georgia J Int Comp Law 36 257-289... 

Article 8 confers jurisdiction on the International Criminal Court for War Crimes . This includes under Article 8(2)(b)(ix) (international armed conflicts) and under Article 8(2)(e)(iv) (non-intemational armed conflicts) intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to rehgion, education, arts, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected provided they are militeuy objectives . 

The entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court opens up new possibilities to bring offenders to justice. There can surely be little doubt that the wanton destruction of cultural property that we have wimessed recently constitutes a war crime within the meaning of Article 8 of the Rome Statute. Although neither Syria nor Iraq is party to the Rome Statute, the Court is able to exercise jurisdiction if the case is referred to the Prosecutor by the Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. In addition, a State Party to the Statute can refer a case to the Prosecutor where the alleged crime has been committed by a national of a State Party. ... 

See ICC Office of the Prosecutor Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, on opening a second investigation in the Central African Republic (24 September 2014)... 

See Amnesty International Israel/OPT The International Criminal Court must investigate war crimes (1 August 2014) https //www.amnesty.org.uk/sites/default/files/mdel50192014en.pdf (accessed 3 July 2015). 

See Hamas declares support for Palestinian bid to join international criminal court, The Guardian (23 August 2014). http //www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/23/hamas-back-pales-tinian-bid-international-ciiminal-court (accessed 3 July 2015). 

The four-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which aimed to create irreversible momentum against sexual violence in conflict and practical action that impacts those on the ground, took place in June. High-level officials of the International Criminal Court, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, and the Trust fund for Victims took part. In November, The Protocol on... 

See International Criminal Court ICC, ASP and TFV join in Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, (11 June 2014)... 

Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court, 2187 U.N.T.S. 90, Entered Into Force July 1, 2002, Article 8(2)(b)(iv). 

Furthermore, the responsibility of all is additionally confirmed by the establishment in 2002 of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals, without any distinction based on official capacity , for four categories of violent military action (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression) [17]. All three of these features underlie the following discussion. 

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Articles 25 and 27 (adopted 1998, entered into force 2002)... 

The establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC) was confirmed in April 2002, following ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by a required 60 countries. The UK ratified the Rome Statute in October 2001 , becoming tiie 42nd state to do so. The ICC came into existence in July 2002 and enables prosecution of human rights abusers worldwide. 

The International Criminal Court Act 2001 and the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001 received the Royal Assent on 11 May and 28 September 2001 respectivdy... 

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