Here are five things to know about the court based in the Dutch city of The Hague, which is investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
PARIS - The International Criminal Court, which celebrates its 20th anniversary on July 1, is the world's only permanent tribunal to investigate and try alleged cases of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression where member states are unable or unwillling to do so.A total of 123 countries have ratified the court's founding Rome Statute, meaning they recognise its jurisdiction, but there are some conspicuous absences, notably the United States, Russia and Israel.
The UN Security Council can also call on the court to investigate potentially serious international crimes, as for instance in Libya and Sudan.Between 2012 and 2021, the ICC successfully convicted five men of war crimes and crimes against humanity, all Africans. Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC in 2016 but he was acquitted of crimes against humanity.
Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir is also still being wanted by the ICC for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the western Sudanese province of Darfur. But three years after he was deposed Sudan has yet to hand him over.
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