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    The Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court in 1998 to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and crimes of aggression. It builds on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by supporting the judicial rights to prosecute those who commit such crimes. However, the Rome Statute is not without weaknesses, such as not having universal jurisdiction and countries being able to opt out of the ICC's authority. Still, it provides hope and justice for victims through high-profile convictions like that of Ratko Mladic for his role in the Bosnian genocide. While a step forward, the ICC established by the Rome Statute remains imperfect and has room for improvement.

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    The Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court in 1998 to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and crimes of aggression. It builds on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by supporting the judicial rights to prosecute those who commit such crimes. However, the Rome Statute is not without weaknesses, such as not having universal jurisdiction and countries being able to opt out of the ICC's authority. Still, it provides hope and justice for victims through high-profile convictions like that of Ratko Mladic for his role in the Bosnian genocide. While a step forward, the ICC established by the Rome Statute remains imperfect and has room for improvement.

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    The Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court in 1998 to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and crimes of aggression. It builds on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by supporting the judicial rights to prosecute those who commit such crimes. However, the Rome Statute is not without weaknesses, such as not having universal jurisdiction and countries being able to opt out of the ICC's authority. Still, it provides hope and justice for victims through high-profile convictions like that of Ratko Mladic for his role in the Bosnian genocide. While a step forward, the ICC established by the Rome Statute remains imperfect and has room for improvement.

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    A DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

    ROME STATUTE
    OF THE
    INTERNATIONAL
    CRIMINAL
    COURT
    MODERN HUMAN RIGHTS

    WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE


    ROME STATUTE? ROME STATUTE

    When was it established? Connection to the UDHR


    The Rome Statute is a treaty passed by the United The Rome Statute’s primary purpose is to
    Nations on July 17, 1998. Through the Rome Statute, prosecute individuals guilty of four core
    the UN established an international criminal court. international crimes. These crimes, mentioned
    This court would deal with cases like war crimes,
    prior, are war crimes, crimes against humanity,
    crimes against humanity, genocide and crimes of
    genocide, and crimes of aggression. This builds
    aggression. The Rome Statute enforces international
    law by outlining the function, jurisdiction and
    on the UDHR by supporting the judicial rights of
    structure of the International Criminal Court. It also persecuting guilty persons outlined in the
    lies under the condition that its involvement is only Declaration through a just system. Through the
    through the investigation and prosecution of said Rome Statute and what it establishes, the ICC is
    crimes when and where states are unwilling to do so able to bring rights and justice to those who
    themselves. were wrongly stripped of them.

    STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

    Firstly, a weakness of the Rome Statute is that it doesn't outline universal jurisdiction for the ICC to
    operate under. How the Rome Statute works is that states will in essence, sign up to participate in the
    International Criminal Court. This makes the legal proceedings on an international scale, voluntary,
    and allows violators of human rights to continue abusing the system by simply opting out of
    participation in the ICC is all it takes to continue abusing the system. As for the strengths of the Rome
    Statute, it provides justice for the powerless and most discriminated against, is a beacon of hope, a
    path promoting global peace and is a victim-centered court; where the voice of victims is valued as a
    rudimentary factor.

    IS THE ROME
    STATUTE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL
    EFFECTIVE? (EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS
    IN THE COURTS OF CAMBODIA
    (ECCC)), 1997-PRESENT

    Ratko Mladic, former Bosinan Serb General, was


    convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity,
    and war crimes by the International Criminal
    INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
    Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, sentenced to
    life in prison by the International Criminal Court.
    TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER
    His crimes dating back to 1992 in Bosnia, found YUGOSLAVIA, 1993-2017
    him responsible for the genocidal killing of 7000
    Bosnian Muslims.

    This is proof of the Rome Statute’s reach, justice INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL


    being served for those unable to themselves. Other
    TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA
    Ad Hoc Tribunals, such as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal,
    (ICTR), 1994-2015
    serve to tackle injustices on the most vile crimes of
    humanity. With that being said, the ICC and the
    Rome Statute are by no means perfect and have
    plenty of room to improve.

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