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"en.20111117.17.4-224-000"2
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"The Rome Statute marks a key step in the international protection of human rights. In fact, it represents a key turning point. For the first time, it is possible to prosecute individuals who are found guilty of certain international crimes.
Until now, the main judicial body at supranational level was the United Nations’ International Court of Justice in The Hague, created expressly to guarantee the ‘peaceful settlement of international disputes’, and hence disputes between states. Consequently, the subjects implicated were countries, and there was still no clear definition of the notion of international individual responsibility.
Under the Rome Statute, however, the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction with respect to war crimes, crimes against humanity and cases of genocide for which individuals are held and may be sentenced. With the creation of the International Criminal Court, the international community seems to be moving towards the acquisition of greater responsibility, through the gradual abandonment of a culture of impunity. The fact that an international body has the opportunity, through the application of the
principle, to systematically and automatically override national courts’ criminal jurisdiction, a fundamental expression of national sovereignty par excellence, is therefore revolutionary."@en1
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"aut dedere aut judicare"1
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