International Criminal Court or ICC Located in The Hague, Netherlands (as well as the International Court of Justice and the Court of Arbitration), the ICC has parties to the Rome Statute. (International treaty forming the ICC), 123 states (33 in Africa, 19 in Asia-Pacific, 18 in Eastern Europe, 28 in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 25 in Western Europe and others), but The US, Russia, China and India are not members of the ICC. Even Thailand is not a member of the ICC either.
The International Criminal Court is “International Tribunal Established in the first court “to consider the offenses of natural persons Prior to the establishment of the International Criminal Court, there was an ad hoc International Court to consider the offenses of natural persons. After World War II, the Nuremberg Tribunal was established to consider German war criminals committed during World War II. Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Rwanda Tribunal for Genocide Including a special quorum in the Cambodian court that was set up to consider the crimes of the Khmer Rouge leaders.
The ICC is a newly established international tribunal established by the Rome Statute. The 1998 Act on the International Criminal Court is a court parallel to the International Court of Justice. with the intention of preserving world peace and justice It will consider punishing those who commit the four most serious crimes: crimes of genocide; crimes against humanity war crimes and the crime of aggression
A war crime is an act in violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions by willful murder, torture, drug testing, deliberate infliction of suffering. or serious bodily injury or health; destruction and seizure of property not of military necessity; forcing prisoners of war into enemy forces denying prisoners of war the right to fair trials Unlawful deportation or transfer or detention holding hostage
attacks on civilians unrelated to hostilities attacks on civilian objects that are not military targets attack on person building Humanitarian Aid Related Vehicles Attacking with the knowledge that it would cause widespread loss of life or property to civilians or the natural environment, which exceeds any military advantage. killing or injuring a disarmed warrior Attacking villages, towns, homes without self-defense. and not a military target the use of the truce flag flag or military emblem Or the enemy’s uniform in the wrong way. Including the use of the Red Cross that causes death or serious injury, etc.
March 17, 2023. The ICC issued a statement issuing an arrest warrant for Putin and Russian Commissioner for the Rights of the President Maria Alekseevna Lvova-Bilova for war crimes. and accuses Putin of involvement in the illegal transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.
The United States is not a member of the ICC. But Biden came out to support the ICC quickly arrest Putin.
2020 ICC investigating US Convicted of war crimes in Afghanistan, then US Secretary of State Pompeo scolded The ICC acts as a vigilante and accuses Russia of being behind the ICC investigation of the United States.
2023 Russia says “ICC is not interested”.
