Abstract
On 17 July 1998, the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted by an overwhelming majority of states participating in the diplomatic conference held in Rome to finalize the treaty.1 With the entry into force of the ICC Statute on 1 July 2002,2 a new era in international criminal justice was launched: a permanent international criminal tribunal was established with jurisdiction to investigate and put on trial individuals alleged to have committed war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity (these to be later augmented by the addition of the crime of aggression3). The ICC Statute, a culmination of decades of work and negotiation, embodies a vision of the international rule of law under which those responsible for the most serious international crimes should be brought to justice before international or national tribunals, rather than enjoy impunity. A related hope is that the existence of an effective forum for bringing those accused of such crimes to account might inhibit the commission of such offences.
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