 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|

Organization of American States
© 2008. All Rights Reserved |
|
legal affairs, private international law, public international law, agreements, treaties, courses, seminars, news, publications, international law, international business law, international trade law, international law book, international law article, international law private, source of international law, international law course, access to information, Judicial Facilitators, Persons with Disabilities, International Criminal Court, International Humanitarian Law, Discrimination, Displaced Persons, Data base on the diplomatic academies, Indigenous Peoples, Ombudsmen, Refugees, Terrorism |
|
|
Bigger
text (+) | Smaller text (-)
|
| |
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,
adopted in July 17, 1998 establishes in its article 1 that
the Court “…shall be a permanent institution and shall have
the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the
most serious crimes of international concern, as referred to
in this Statute, and shall be complementary to national
criminal jurisdictions. The jurisdiction and functioning of
the Court shall be governed by the provisions of this
Statute”.
The Statute entered into force on July 1st, 2002,
in accordance with article 126 that holds that: “This
Statute shall enter into force on the first day of the month
after the 60th day following the date of the
deposit of the 60th instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations”.
To date, 139 states signed the Statute (including 29 member
states of the OAS) and 104 of them ratified it (including 23
member states of the OAS).
Between 1999 and 2002, the General Assembly of the
Organization of American States supported a resolution
relating to the adoption of the Statute of Rome, and since
2003 the General Assembly has adopted a resolution on the
promotion of the Court. It worth underlying that, in
accordance with this commitment, the Committee on Juridical
and Political Affairs held on February 3, 2006 a “Working
meeting on appropriate measures that states should take to
cooperate with the international criminal court in the
investigation, prosecution, and punishment of the
perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity,
genocide, and crimes against the administration of justice
of the international criminal court.” In
2006, the General Assembly adopted the resolution
"Promotion of the
International Criminal Court"/
[AG/RES.
2176 (XXXVI-O/06)]
.
Reservation by the United States: The United States has long
been concerned about the persistent violations of
international humanitarian law and international human
rights law throughout the world. The United States will
continue to be a forceful advocate for the principle of
accountability for war crimes, genocide and crimes against
humanity, but cannot support the flawed International
Criminal Court. Thus, the United States has not ratified
the Rome Statute and has no intention of doing so. In light
of this position, the United States cannot join in the
consensus on an OAS resolution that promotes the Court. |
|
|
|