THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: STRUCTURE, JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: STRUCTURE, JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE [1] Dr. Oktay BAHADIR ABSTRACT The International Criminal Court, set up by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to contribute to terminate impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crime of aggression) of concern to the international community. By means of the entry into force of the Rome Statute on 1 July 2002, the states, for the first time in the human history, acknowledged the jurisdiction of a permanent independent criminal court with a view to enabling the perpetrators of the crimes committed in their own territories or committed by their own citizens to be tried. The aim of this study is to provide short and essential information on the International Criminal Court without entering into excessive details and into theoretical discussions. In this context, brief information concerni