Question

Which of the following is not one of the four main crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court?

• A. War crimes
• B. International terrorism
• C. Genocide
• D. Crimes against humanity

Answer 1

Answer:

B. International terrorism

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Jurisdiction

• The Rome Statute, adopted on July 17, 1998, serves as the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court and entered into force on July 1, 2002.

• The Court's jurisdiction is limited to the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. According to Article 5 of the Rome Statute, these crimes are:

  • Genocide: Defined as specific acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.

  • Crimes Against Humanity: Serious violations committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed at any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack.

  • War Crimes: Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts.

  • Crime of Aggression: The planning, preparation, initiation, or execution by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a state of an act of aggression.