International Criminal Court
- Recently, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for war crimes for President Vladimir Putin and a second Russian official.
- The International Criminal Court is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.
- It was created two decades ago as a standing body to investigate war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity under a 1998 treaty known as the Rome Statute.
- The ICC lacks universal territorial jurisdiction, and may only investigate and prosecute crimes committed within member states, crimes committed by nationals of member states, or crimes in situations referred to the Court by the ....
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