RT Article
T1 Statute of the International Criminal Court: a critique
JF Social justice
VO 26
IS 4
SP 107
OP 114
A1 Teitelbaum, Alejandro
LA English
YR 1999
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747159743
AB Part of a special issue on state terrorism and impunity in Latin America. The writer attempts to answer some of the queries relating to the purposes of the International Criminal Court. He explains that the Statute for the International Criminal Court, which was adopted on July 17, 1998, at a UN conference in Rome, Italy, will enter into force once it has been ratified by 60 states. He contends that an analysis of the Statute's contents and its most essential aspects is important because, among other things, many of the comments made so far are vague and others contain incorrect information or distort the real intention of the Statute. He considers who will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court, and he identifies the grave violations of human rights over which the court may exercise its jurisdiction. Furthermore, he discusses whether victims, their relatives, and human rights organizations can initiate legal action before the Court, either directly or indirectly.
K1 International Criminal Court
K1 International Cooperation
K1 war crimes
K1 Crimes against humanity
K1 Human Rights