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UNU Midday Forum: On the Frontlines of International Justice: The International Criminal Court After 6 Years
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time: 1:15pm - 2:45pm
Venue: Conference Room 7, UN Headquarters
The objective of this UNU Midday Forum was to discuss the experiences of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the last six years.
The International Criminal Court is an independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC is a court of last resort. It will only act if a case is not investigated or prosecuted by a national judicial system, or if the national proceedings are not genuine - for example if formal proceedings were undertaken solely to shield a person from criminal responsibility. The ICC jurisdiction extends only to those accused of the gravest crimes. This forms the basis of a complementarity system.
The ICC is more than a Court; the Rome Statute created a global criminal justice system, based on the interaction between the Court, States, international organizations and civil society. It is a new tool to manage violence. It provides for victims participation and a system of reparations to victims. It ensures accountability for the perpetrators and helps reconciliation within the communities affected by massive violence.
Currently, the ICC conducts investigations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, and Darfur, the Sudan, the gravest situations within its jurisdiction. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is currently monitoring situations over 4 continents, in Kenya, Afghanistan, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Georgia and Palestine.
In accordance with the Rome Statute ("determined to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of [the most serious crimes]"), the OTP is striving to ensure the enforcement of the Court's decisions, thus contributing to ending crimes and preventing future atrocities. It also works to secure the full cooperation from States, create bridges between the work of the Office and the work of national law enforcement agencies fighting against corruption, exploitation of natural resources and other forms of criminality which fuels massive crimes, and make sure that the Court is permanently established as an independent, impartial and transparent judicial institution, that will be able to bring accountability and durable peace to the victims and affected communities.
UNU Midday Forum: On the Frontlines of International Justice: The International Criminal Court After 6 Years
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time: 1:15pm - 2:45pm
Venue: Conference Room 7, UN Headquarters
The objective of this UNU Midday Forum was to discuss the experiences of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the last six years.
The International Criminal Court is an independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC is a court of last resort. It will only act if a case is not investigated or prosecuted by a national judicial system, or if the national proceedings are not genuine - for example if formal proceedings were undertaken solely to shield a person from criminal responsibility. The ICC jurisdiction extends only to those accused of the gravest crimes. This forms the basis of a complementarity system.
The ICC is more than a Court; the Rome Statute created a global criminal justice system, based on the interaction between the Court, States, international organizations and civil society. It is a new tool to manage violence. It provides for victims participation and a system of reparations to victims. It ensures accountability for the perpetrators and helps reconciliation within the communities affected by massive violence.
Currently, the ICC conducts investigations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, and Darfur, the Sudan, the gravest situations within its jurisdiction. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is currently monitoring situations over 4 continents, in Kenya, Afghanistan, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Georgia and Palestine.
In accordance with the Rome Statute ("determined to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of [the most serious crimes]"), the OTP is striving to ensure the enforcement of the Court's decisions, thus contributing to ending crimes and preventing future atrocities. It also works to secure the full cooperation from States, create bridges between the work of the Office and the work of national law enforcement agencies fighting against corruption, exploitation of natural resources and other forms of criminality which fuels massive crimes, and make sure that the Court is permanently established as an independent, impartial and transparent judicial institution, that will be able to bring accountability and durable peace to the victims and affected communities.