ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Vincent Otti, Joseph Kony, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court
Document Summary
Permanent international court to investigate and prosecute those accused of serious crimes of concern (established permanently since 2002) Office of the prosecutor were the ones that gathered the evidence and had to bring the defendant to trial. Icc is a court of last resort > can only take a case if the country is unable or unwilling to prosecute the criminals themselves. They prosecute the most responsible for the crime > the ones that order the attacks e. g the top lord resistance army commanders joseph kony and vincent otti (responsible for. Direct jurisdiction established in the rome statute of 1998. Common law (where defendant is viewed as innocent until proven guilty) ensures the rights of the individual. Beneficial especially with the vast differences between hundreds of judicial systems. Icc acts as a just desert in a sense (symbolic response of public disapproval of offender/offence) Colombia to take action against paramilitaries responsible for many civilian deaths.
