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International Criminal Court

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002708

An intergovernmental tribunal with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the most serious international offenses. The court's mandate covers genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. Based in The Hague, Netherlands, the court operates on the principle of complementarity, meaning it acts only when a country's own legal system is unwilling or unable to genuinely investigate or prosecute such crimes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002708
FieldLaw
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002708",
  "term": "International Criminal Court",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An intergovernmental tribunal with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the most serious international offenses. The court's mandate covers genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression. Based in The Hague, Netherlands, the court operates on the principle of complementarity, meaning it acts only when a country's own legal system is unwilling or unable to genuinely investigate or prosecute such crimes.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/international-criminal-court/"
}

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