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Roundtable: The Development of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The Politics of Criminalization of Some Heads of State Around the World

Thu, Nov 14, 5:00 to 6:20pm, Golden Gate Salon B, Area 3, B2 Level

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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was developed on July 17, 1998 and entered into force on July 1, 2002. According to Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute, the Court has jurisdiction over the most serious crimes of profound concern to the international community namely genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crimes of aggression. The international community intended to use the organ of the Court to bring to justice those accused of the most outrageous crimes against human rights and humanitarian law ..; to hold individuals and groups personally responsible for planning, ordering or committing gross crimes under international law; to prosecute those responsible for crime whether they were committed during war or peace time and regardless of whether the perpetrators were leaders or subordinates, civilians or members of the military, ..; to complement prosecutions in national courts; and acting when states were unwilling or unable to effectively discharge their principle of domestic jurisdiction. Be that as it may with the good intentions of the Court, serious and complex issues exist. Therefore, this roundtable will explore the politics of criminalization of some heads of states around the world by the Court.

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