This year marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute and the creation of the International Criminal Court.
An upcoming conference, ICC Turns Ten: Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Future, will gather a number of leading scholars and practitioners to examine the impact of the ICC’s first decade and discuss the challenges ahead. The conference will be held on Friday, May 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Stanford Law School. Registration is open to the public and free of charge.
Currently, 121 States are party to the Rome Statute, and the ICC has a docket of 15 cases arising from 7 situations (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Darfur, Central African Republic, Kenya, Libya, and Côte d’Ivoire). The Court has issued an additional 20 arrest warrants for suspects who have yet to be delivered to The Hague, including Joseph Kony and Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi. The ICC Office of the Prosecutor is also conducting preliminary investigations into other situations, including in Afghanistan, Georgia, Guinea, Colombia, Palestine (recently closed), Honduras, Republic of Korea and Nigeria. Last month, the ICC issued its first verdict, convicting Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of recruiting and using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
