Celebrated on July 17 to Mark the 1998 Signing of the Rome Statute by 120 Nation
Honors the Creation of the International Criminal Court, the World’s First Permanent War Crimes Tribunal
Established in 2010 After an Intense Global Campaign led by Thousands of Civil Society Organization
Holds Individual Leaders Personally Accountable Rather Than Putting Entire Countries on Trial
Operates on a Principle of Complementarity, Only Stepping In When National Courts Fail to Act
Maintains Full Legal and Financial Independence Outside of the United Nations System
Now Targets Modern Transnational Crimes Like Cyber Warfare and Digital Human Trafficking