ICC General Requirements Practice Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
ICC functions - ANSWER-The first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court
established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to
the international community
Independent international organization, not part of the UN system
Abides by International criminal law (Means people can actually go to jail if their convicted)
ICC purpose philisophical - ANSWER-certain acts so terrible that they should be considered
crimes against Humanity
ICC purpose practical - ANSWER-global responsibility to handle problem because all affected by
it
not just up to domestics law
crimes committed usually by insurgencies or the actual state themselves
models for ICC - ANSWER-Nuremberg Tribunal (1945-46) (Foreign officials of Nazi regimes)
Tokyo Tribunal (1946-48) (Former government officials of Japanese Regime after WWII)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (est. 1993)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (est. 1994)
Rome statute of the ICC (ICC treaty) - ANSWER-What the ICC is governed by
Treaty text adopted on July 17, 1998
ICC officially born on July 1, 2002
Ratified by 60 countries
Currently 122 ratifications
ICC functions - ANSWER-The first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court
established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to
the international community
Independent international organization, not part of the UN system
Abides by International criminal law (Means people can actually go to jail if their convicted)
ICC purpose philisophical - ANSWER-certain acts so terrible that they should be considered
crimes against Humanity
ICC purpose practical - ANSWER-global responsibility to handle problem because all affected by
it
not just up to domestics law
crimes committed usually by insurgencies or the actual state themselves
models for ICC - ANSWER-Nuremberg Tribunal (1945-46) (Foreign officials of Nazi regimes)
Tokyo Tribunal (1946-48) (Former government officials of Japanese Regime after WWII)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (est. 1993)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (est. 1994)
Rome statute of the ICC (ICC treaty) - ANSWER-What the ICC is governed by
Treaty text adopted on July 17, 1998
ICC officially born on July 1, 2002
Ratified by 60 countries
Currently 122 ratifications
