If there are no admissibility concerns, the Office then considers the interests of justice and decides whether or not to begin a formal investigation (phase 4).The preliminary examination of the situation in Iraq / the United Kingdom was initially closed on 9 February 2006, but was reopened on 13 May 2014.The preliminary examination relates to registered vessels of the Comoros, Greece and Cambodia.The Prosecutor previously closed the preliminary examination of the situation on registered vessels of the Comoros, Greece and Cambodia on 6 November 2014, but reconsidered her decision following a request by the Pre-Trial Chamber on 29 November 2017 and revised the final decision on 2 December 2019.Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru jointly referred the situation in Venezuela I on 27 September 2018. NGOs are greatly represented at meetings for the The ICC often depends on NGOs to interact with local populations. (See International Criminal Court, 2008: [Bemba et al. If it does, the Office begins a preliminary examination by first considering whether the alleged crimes fall within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Court (phase 2). "Commission on the Responsibility of the Authors of the War and on Enforcement of Penalties."

In situations that are referred to the Court by the United Nations Security Council, the territorial jurisdiction is defined by the Security Council, which may be more expansive than the Court's normal territorial jurisdiction.The personal jurisdiction of the Court extends to all natural persons who commit crimes, regardless of where they are located or where the crimes were committed, as long as those individuals are nationals of either (1) states that are party to the Rome Statute or (2) states that have accepted the Court's jurisdiction by filing a declaration with the Court.Temporal jurisdiction is the time period over which the Court can exercise its powers. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that the ICC's prosecutor team takes no account of the roles played by the government in the conflict of Uganda, Rwanda or Congo. This number is two more than the number of Henry A. Kissinger. The Judicial Divisions consist of the 18 judges of the Court, organized into three chambers—the Pre-Trial Chamber, Trial Chamber and Appeals Chamber—which carry out the judicial functions of the Court.The Prosecutor or any person being investigated or prosecuted may request the disqualification of a judge from "any case in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be doubted on any ground".The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is responsible for conducting investigations and prosecutions.The Prosecutor may open an investigation under three circumstances:Any person being investigated or prosecuted may request the disqualification of a prosecutor from any case "in which their impartiality might reasonably be doubted on any ground".A Policy Paper is a document published by the Office of the Prosecutor occasionally where the particular considerations given to the topics in focus of the Office and often criteria for case selection are stated.On the Policy Paper published in September 2016 it was announced that the International Criminal Court will focus on environmental crimes when selecting the cases.This has been interpreted as a major shift towards the environmental crimesThe Registry is responsible for the non-judicial aspects of the administration and servicing of the Court.The Rome Statute requires that several criteria exist in a particular case before an individual can be prosecuted by the Court. It means that the ICC acts inconsistently in its selection of cases, is prevented from taking on hard cases and loses legitimacy.The fundamental principle of complementarity of the ICC Rome Statute is often taken for granted in the legal analysis of international criminal law and its jurisprudence. To be effective, the court and its member countries will need to rise to the challenge. On 17 July 1998, the Following 60 ratifications, the Rome Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002 and the International Criminal Court was formally established.In 2010 the states parties of the Rome Statute held the first In October 2016, after repeated claims that the court was biased against African states, Following the announcement that the ICC would open a preliminary investigation on the The ICC is governed by the Assembly of States Parties, which is made up of the states that are party to the Rome Statute.The Court's management oversight and legislative body, the Assembly of States Parties, consists of one representative from each state party.The Assembly meets in full session once a year, alternating between New York and The states parties cannot interfere with the judicial functions of the Court.In 2010, Kampala, Uganda hosted the Assembly's Rome Statute Review Conference.The Court has four organs: the Presidency, the Judicial Division, the Office of the Prosecutor, and the Registry. It is intended to complement existing national judicial systemsand it may therefore exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to prosecute … United Nations Department of Public Information, December 2002. The Registry is headed by the Registrar and is charged with managing all the administrative functions of the ICC, including the headquarters, detention unit, and public defense office. The amount payable by each state party is determined using the same method as the United Nations:To date, the Prosecutor has opened investigations in 12 situations: Burundi; two in the Central African Republic; Côte d'Ivoire; Darfur, Sudan; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Georgia; Kenya; Libya; Mali; Uganda; and Bangladesh/Myanmar.Currently, the Office of the Prosecutor has opened investigations in The Court cooperates with the UN in many different areas, including the exchange of information and logistical support.During the 1970s and 1980s, international human rights and humanitarian Nongovernmental Organizations (or NGOs) began to proliferate at exponential rates. No statute of limitations applies to any of the crimes defined in the Statute.To initiate an investigation, the Prosecutor must (1) have a "reasonable basis to believe that a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been or is being committed", (2) the investigation would be consistent with the principle of complementarity, and (3) the investigation serves the interests of justice.The principle of complementarity means that the Court will only prosecute an individual if states are unwilling or unable to prosecute.