Open AccessThe International Criminal Court: An Historie Step to Combat Impunity
Author(s) -
William A. Schabas
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.21971
Subject(s) - impunity , criminal court , genocide , law , political science , treaty , rome statute of the international criminal court , convention , statute , negotiation , international law , criminology , sociology , human rights
Fifty years after it was originally promisedin article VI ofthe Genocide Convention,the International Criminal Court(ICC) has finally seen the light of day. Itwas created by the Rome Conference,which met from June 15 to July l7, 1998,following four years of intense negotiations.This article provides an overviewof the Rome Statute for an InternationalCriminal Court along with a discussionof entry into force of the treaty.