ICC - ICC Official Journal has been published online

ICC Official Journal has been published online

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On the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court is pleased to announce the publication of the Official Journal of the Court on the ICC website. The Official Journal of the International Criminal Court was created pursuant to regulation 7 of the Regulations of the Court adopted by the Judges on 26 May 2004. It contains the texts listed in regulation 7, and will include any other material as decided by the Presidency in consultation with the Prosecutor and/or the Registrar.

Please click here to visit the Official Journal of the to Court on the ICC website: http://www.icc-cpi.int/officialjournal.html

The Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted in Rome on 17 July 1998 by 120 States participating in the "United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court".

The Statute sets out the Court's jurisdiction, structure and functions and it provides for its entry into force 60 days after 60 States have become Party to it. The 60th instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary General on 11 April 2002, when 10 countries simultaneously deposited their instruments of ratification. Accordingly, the Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002. Any perpetrator of a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court, committed after this date, is liable to prosecution. As of today, 94 States are party to the Rome Statute.