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www.ohchr.org\/WelcomePage.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/<\/span><\/a><\/span>\/www.icc<\/span>-cpi.int<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

www.coalitionfortheicc.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.10a.icc-cpi.info\/index.php\/en<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The International Criminal Court (commonly referred to as the ICC or ICCt)[1] is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (although it cannot, until at least 2017, exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It came into being on 1 July 2002\u2014the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force\u2014and it can only prosecute crimes committed on or after that date. The Court’s official seat is in The Hague, Netherlands, but its proceedings may take place anywhere.\u00a0http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Criminal_Court<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

International Criminal Justice Day was adopted on 1 June 2010 by the States Parties to the International Criminal Court at the Review Conference to the Rome Statute. July 17th is International Criminal Justice Day. Celebrate, Reflect, Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In Kampala (Uganda), at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute held in 2010, States Parties to the International Criminal Court decided to start celebrating 17 July every year as the Day of International Criminal Justice. The date commemorates 17 July 1998, when the international community reached an historic milestone by adopting the Rome Statute, the legal basis for establishing the permanent International Criminal Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

The adoption of the Rome Statute was a momentous step towards ending impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of international concern \u2013 genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression \u2013 which threaten the peace, security and well-being of the world.\u00a0http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Day_for_International_Justice<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For several years civil society has commemorated this anniversary by leading International Justice Day celebrations.<\/p>\n

Speech | May 2010 | Kampala, Uganda – Kofi Annan addresses the First Review Conference of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court <\/strong><\/span>http:\/\/kofiannanfoundation.org\/newsroom<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n