Talk:Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

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[edit] Jurisdiction

Removed from article: "The ICC's advocates assert that the Rome Statute provides the ICC with universal jurisdiction, particularly over genocide and crimes against humanity. These advocates consider the treaty to constitute an international law, hence the the use of the term statute in the treaty's name.

Critics of the Rome Statute, notably China and the United States, adamantly deny its claim of universal jurisdiction."

This seems to be incorrect. The ICC only has jurisdiction over states that sign the Rome Statute and only if the specified crimes occur after the state signed the treaty. --rmhermen

I disagree. A US citizen could still come before the court where he or she is alleged to have committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court on the territory of a State which is a party to the Statute of the Court or which accepts the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Court specifically with respect to the crime in question.

Consent of either the territorial state or the state of nationality is a sufficient “precondition” for the Court to exercise its jurisdiction. -EJL

Universal jurisdiction with respect to the ICC, as i understand it, relates to the fact that a Party State can apply its jurisdiction over any international criminal offence, regardless of whether or not that crime has been committed by or against a citizen of that Party State, so long as the offender was a citizen of a State which is a party to the ICC, and the crime was committed prior to the activation of the court. *rolls over dead*

--202.164.195.56 12:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV tag

My concern is that the article clearly takes a favorable view of the ICC, and thus deserves a POV tag. I'll see what I can do to improve it.Timothy Usher 23:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

At least some of the citations provided are to websites which required a login, and are not verifiable. Could more appropriate citations be used, please? Jayjg ^(talk) 00:55, 12 June 2006 (UTC)