caa a22 4500 388042540 CHVBK 20180307125026.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0020860400091555 doi S0020860400091555 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0020860400091555 Roberge Marie-Claude The new International Criminal Court: A preliminary assessment [Elektronische Daten] [Marie-Claude Roberge] After years of relentless effort and five weeks of intense and difficult negotiations, the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted and opened for signature in Rome on 17 July 1998. This historic event represents a major step forward in the battle against impunity and towards better respect for international humanitarian law. For too long it has been possible to commit atrocities with total impunity, a situation which has given perpetrators carte blanche to continue such practices. The system of repression established by international law clearly has its shortcomings, and the time has come to adopt new rules and set up new institutions to ensure the effective prosecution of international crimes. A criminal court, whether at the national or international level, does not put a stop to crime, but it may serve as a deterrent and, consequently, may help reduce the number of victims. The results achieved in Rome should thus be welcomed, in the hope that the new Court will be able to discharge its mandate to the full. Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1998 International Review of the Red Cross Cambridge University Press 38/325(1998-12), 671-683 0020-8604 38:325<671 1998 38 RCE https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020860400091555 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020860400091555 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Roberge Marie-Claude NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Review of the Red Cross Cambridge University Press 38/325(1998-12), 671-683 0020-8604 38:325<671 1998 38 RCE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 350962081 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge