Though neither the United States nor Rwanda are parties to the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, Amnesty International welcomes both states' cooperation with the court in ensuring Ntaganda's transfer to The Hague.
In 2001, the Bush administration discontinued participation in ICC meetings and, on 6 May 2002,officially revoked the US signature of the Rome Statute.
A: Many governmental, legal and non-governmental experts have concluded that the bilateral agreements being sought by the U.S.government are contrary to international law and the Rome Statute for the following reasons:.
In 2001, the Bush Administration ended US participation in ICC meetings and, on 6 May 2002,officially nullified the previous signature of the Rome Statute.
In 2001, the Bush administration discontinued participation in ICC meetings and, on 6 May 2002,officially nullified the Clinton administration's signature of the Rome Statute.
Matters relating to crimes against humanity were assessed on the basis of definitionsset out by customary international criminal law and in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
May 2012, Liechtenstein became the first state party to the Rome Statute- the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court(ICC)-to ratify the crime of aggression.
At the time,France had made a declaration under Art. 124 of the Rome Statute, excluding the Court's jurisdiction over war crimes committed on its territory, or by its nationals, for a period of seven years.
However, in the resolution that adopted this change, states attempted to exemptnationals of countries that are not party to the Rome Statute from charges for these crimes when committed in the territory of state parties.
Japan and the EU will work together to further enhance the effectiveness of the court andwill contribute to the effort of promoting the full universalisation of the Rome Statute.
The Council of Ministers of the transition government announced on the evening of 1 February2011 that Tunisia was going to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as the two optional protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The ICC's treaty, the Rome Statute, is clear in article 27 on“Irrelevance of official capacity,” that is, the ICC may prosecute sitting government officials, no matter how senior, consistent with the fundamental principle that no one is above the law.
The ICC said in a statement:“The ICC, as a judicial institution,acts strictly within the legal framework of the Rome Statute and is committed to the independent and impartial exercise of its mandate.”.
In a context in which the International Criminal Court(ICC), its functioning and its future are increasingly being called into question, France,which has supported the creation of the ICC by the Rome Statute from the outset, reaffirms its full support for it.
Since Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, the court cannot consider cases against it unless another state that is a signatory refers the case, or the case is referred directly by the UN Security Council.
To ensure the implementation, by States Parties, of treaties in areas such as arms control and disarmament and of international humanitarian law and human rights law,and call upon all States to consider signing and ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Continue to lobby for the ratification of all international and regional instruments relevant to the protection of children in conflict, especially the OP/CRC,the Ottawa Convention on landmines, the Rome Statute of the ICC and for the handing over of suspected children's rights violators to existing international tribunals.
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