Global InformationComplaints to the International Criminal Court information
The International Criminal Court's founding treaty, the Rome Statute, provides that individuals or organizations may submit information on crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.[1] These submissions are referred to as "communications to the International Criminal Court".
As of end September 2010, the Office of the Prosecutor had received 8,874 communications about alleged crimes. After initial review, 4,002 of these communications were dismissed as "manifestly outside the jurisdiction of the Court".[1] The ICC has opened investigations in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Darfur in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Libya, Uganda, Bangladesh/Myanmar, Palestine, the Philippines, and Venezuela.[2] Additionally, the Office of the Prosecutor conducted preliminary examinations in situations in Bolivia, Colombia, Guinea, Iraq / the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Georgia, Honduras, South Korea, Ukraine and Venezuela.[3][4] Preliminary investigations were closed in Gabon; Honduras; registered vessels of Comoros, Greece, and Cambodia; South Korea; and Colombia on events since 1 July 2002.[3][5][6]
Some of the communications received by the Prosecutor alleged that crimes had been committed on the territory of states parties to the Court, or by nationals of states parties: in such cases, the Court may automatically exercise jurisdiction. Other communications concerned conduct outside the jurisdiction of states parties: in these cases, the Court can only act if it has received a referral by the United Nations Security Council or a declaration by the relevant state allowing the Court to exercise jurisdiction.
Communications from individuals and organisations should not be confused with referrals from states parties or the United Nations Security Council.[7]
- ^ a b International Criminal Court, September 2010, Communications, Referrals and Preliminary Examinations, Accessed 27 February 2011
- ^ "Situations under investigation". ICC. Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ a b "Preliminary examinations". ICC. Archived from the original on 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, concerning referral from the Gabonese Republic". ICC. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
- ^ International Criminal Court 20 August 2008. "ICC Prosecutor confirms situation in Georgia under analysis". Accessed on 20 August 2008.
- ^ "ICC prosecutor eyes possible Afghanistan war crimes", Reuters, 2009-09-09
- ^ International Criminal Court. ""Referrals and Communications"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2008-03-28.. Accessed 20 March 2008.