The international criminal court and the principle of complementarity: a comparison of The situation in the democratic republic of the congo and the situation in darfur
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Date
2008
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University of The Western Cape
Abstract
The purpose of the lnternational Criminal Court (ICC) is to investigate, prosecute and purush the most
serious crimes of international concern. These crimes are genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity
and the crime of aggression.r However, paragraph l0 of the preamble to and article I of the Rome
Statute of the ICC provide that the jurisdiction of the court shall be complementary to national criminal
jurisdictions. This is confirmed by article 17 of the Rome Statute, 'the core provision in relation to
complementarity',2 which states that the ICC is able to investigate and prosecute only situations which
states are unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute themselves
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Doctor Educationis
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International Criminal Court, principle of complementarity, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Darfur