Establishing Jurisdiction at the International Criminal Court

Missions of state-Parties to the ICC and/or aircrafts as well as vessels registered to state-Parties of the ICC, even by non-governmental organisations (NGO’s), will help fulfill the pre-requisites to jurisdiction required in Article 12 and this may be linked to nationals of non-state parties applying the principles of individual criminal responsibility of Article 25. The ICC may also retroactively investigate crimes of nationals of the non-state parties linked with the relevant case since the Rome Statue entered into force in 2002.

by Dr. Parasaran Rangarajan

( May 6, 2015, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) For most international attorneys seeking to bring to accountability for violations of international law at the International Criminal Court (ICC), establishing jurisdiction remains one of main problems to bring those who commit the worst crimes in the world to justice.

Establishing Jurisdiction at the International Criminal Court by Thavam Ratna