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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - A Commentary edited by Cassese, Antonio; Gaeta, Paola; Jones, John RWD (25th July 2002)
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Volume I, s.3 Jurisdiction, 15 Can the Security Council Extend the ICC’s Jurisdiction?

Luigi Condorelli, Santiago Villalpando

From: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Edited By: Professor Antonio Cassese, Professor Paola Gaeta, Mr John R.W.D. Jones

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
25 July 2002
ISBN:
9780198298625

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 19 August 2019

Subject(s):
Jurisdiction
Through the establishment of the ICTY and the ICTR, the Security Council gave a new dimension to the exercise of its powers for the maintenance of international peace and security, by becoming active in the field of the prosecution of international crimes. In this perspective, the Rome Statute takes over from the Security Council’s pioneering action and consolidates the progress accomplished in the field of international criminal law. But it also provides for a new instrument at the Security Council’s disposal for the fulfilment of its primary responsibility under...
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