ICC is an intergovernmental organisation and international tribunal headquartered in The Hague in the Netherlands.
- ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, crime of aggression and war crimes.
- ICC is the world‘s first permanent international criminal court.
- ICC is intended to complement existing national judicial systems and it may therefore only exercise its jurisdiction when certain conditions are met.
- States which become party to the Rome Statute becomes member of ICC, thus totalling 123 members.
| Working languages | English French |
|---|---|
| Official languages | |
| Member states | 123 |
- The co-operation of the non-party states with the ICC is of voluntary nature.
- But when a case is referred to the ICC by the UN Security Council all UN member states are obliged to cooperate, since its decisions are binding for all of them.
India and ICC
- India is not a signatory to the Rome Statute.