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Implementation is the adoption of domestic legislation by a State to comply with the overall objective of putting “an end to impunity (…) for the most serious crimes of concern to the International Community as a whole” (cf. Preamble of the Rome Statute).
PGA members across the African continent constitute the largest segment of the PGA global membership and played a fundamental role in the national decision-making processes that led most of their countries to join the Rome Statute system.
The Asia-Pacific region remains the most unrepresented one in the Rome Statute system. Even though the region is home to approximately 60% of the world’s population, only 19 out of 55 Asia-Pacific countries are represented in this membership.
Protecting the integrity of the Rome Statute system refers to upholding all the norms and principles in it, including the general principle of criminal law of irrelevance of official capacity as enshrined in Art. 27.
Universality of the system of the Rome Statute of the ICC can be achieved once all States decide to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 47-nation international organization dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created to bring together the members of the European Parliament and the elected representatives of the ACP countries that have signed the Cotonou Agreement.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of international peace and security under the UN Charter.
The Organization of American States (OAS) is a continental organization that was founded on 30 April 1948 to promote regional solidarity and cooperation among its member States.
PGA monitors the HRC sessions in cooperation with other human rights NGOs and consults with UN Member States on the issuance of recommendations to States not Parties to the Rome Statute.
As a treaty-based institution, the International Criminal Court (ICC) benefits from having as a legislative and executive organ in the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).
The Rome Statute provides for an obligation to cooperate fully with the ICC (Art. 86), as well as to adopt internal procedures for cooperation (Art. 88). Part 9 of the Rome Statute establishes the obligations for States Parties towards the Court.
PGA is regularly invited by the EU with other NGOs to provide briefings and analysis to, and share assessments of challenges and relevant updates on the fight against impunity with, EU Members States and relevant European institutions attending the COJUR.
The ICC is complementary to national criminal jurisdictions, meaning that States have the primary competence and authority to investigate and prosecute international crimes.
The European Parliament and its individual members have been at the forefront of multilateral efforts to establish, consolidate and expand the membership of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
All these amendments extend the mandate of the ICC over war crimes not originally conceived in the Rome Statute of the ICC adopted in 1998, allegedly committed either by nationals or in the territory of a State Party to the ICC.
Highlight: Ethiopia’s leader won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he’s accused of war crimes
