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How the Court works - | International Criminal Court

The Court's founding treaty, called the Rome Statute, grants the ICC jurisdiction over four main crimes. ... Second, the ICC can prosecute crimes against humanity ...

Anticipating Justice and Accountability Around the World

Two international organizations have supported many of these prosecutions in national courts: the United Nations Investigative Team to Prosecute ...

International Law and Justice | United Nations

The idea of a permanent international court to prosecute crimes against humanity was first considered at the United Nations in the context of the adoption of ...

Universal Jurisdiction - International Justice Resource Center

Such domestic legislation empowers national courts to investigate and prosecute persons suspected of crimes potentially amounting to violations of international ...

International Justice - Amnesty International

Established in 2002, the ICC is a permanent court that can investigate and prosecute people suspected of committing genocide, crimes against humanity, war ...

Uphold International Law | United Nations

This work is carried out in many ways - by courts, tribunals, multilateral treaties - and by the Security Council, which can approve peacekeeping missions, ...

Universal jurisdiction - Wikipedia

Universal jurisdiction is a legal principle that allows states or international organizations to prosecute individuals for serious crimes, such as genocide, ...

Understanding the International Criminal Court

The trust and support comes not only from the governments, but also from civil society organisations. The Court has also benefited from the professional ...

The Role of the ICC - Council on Foreign Relations

The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world's worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.

Combating Corruption and Promoting Good Governance

INL has an important role in leading U.S. participation in major multilateral anti-corruption bodies to advance U.S. priorities and in mobilizing international ...

Using Strategic Litigation and Universal Jurisdiction to Advance ...

Working in partnership with others, civil society actors are using strategic litigation to bring about prosecutions – increasingly through ...

Advancing Global Accountability: The Role of Universal Jurisdiction ...

as civil parties or auxiliary prosecutors, can greatly enhance and support prosecutions. ... imagery, and forensic and medical reports from governments and NGOs.

Justice Manual | 9-28.000 - Principles of Federal Prosecution Of ...

The prosecution of corporate crime is a high priority for the Department of Justice. By investigating allegations of wrongdoing and bringing charges where ...

Universal jurisdiction: The challenges for police and prosecuting ...

Therefore, our organization is particularly pleased that Interpol has decided to become more involved in helping national police and prosecuting authorities to ...

How Should the ICC Support Decentralized Accountability for Those ...

25 In contrast, national courts can not prosecute senior sitting government officials under universal jurisdiction.26 The ICC should not endeavor to support ...

International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression ...

The ICPA is a unique judicial hub embedded in Eurojust to support national investigations into the crime of aggression related to the war in Ukraine.

Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy ... - ohchr

Affirming the importance of addressing the question of remedies and reparation for victims of gross violations of international human rights law and serious ...

Justice Manual | 9-27.000 - Principles of Federal Prosecution

These principles of federal prosecution have been designed to assist in structuring the decision-making process of attorneys for the government. For the most ...

Our story | Coalition for the International Criminal Court

Convinced over 120 states to accept ICC jurisdiction in an unprecedented timeframe, and worked with over 70 governments to adopt national laws to prosecute ICC ...

The government's brief - In the Supreme Court of the United States

Finally, the history of the IOIA also supports afford- ing international organizations the same jurisdictional immunity as is afforded foreign ...