Jurisdiction of International Criminal Court on Various Crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction over the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, when committed after 1 July 2002. Each of these crimes is clearly defined in the Rome Statute and other relevant texts. The Court will also have jurisdiction over the crime of aggression once the conditions adopted at the Rome Statute Review Conference held at Kampala (Uganda) in 2010 are fulfilled. The Court may exercise jurisdiction over such international crimes only if they were committed on the territory of a State Party or by one of its nationals. These conditions, however, do not apply if a situation is referred to the Prosecutor by the United Nations Security Council, whose resolutions are binding on all UN member states, or if a State makes a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the Court. This paper gives a brief of various crimes that are punishable under the Rome Statute Of International Criminal Court.