Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Creation of the Court
- 2 Crimes prosecuted by the Court
- 3 Jurisdiction and admissibility
- 4 General principles of criminal law
- 5 Investigation and pre-trial procedure
- 6 Trial and appeal
- 7 Punishment and the rights of victims
- 8 Structure and administration of the Court
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Structure and administration of the Court
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Creation of the Court
- 2 Crimes prosecuted by the Court
- 3 Jurisdiction and admissibility
- 4 General principles of criminal law
- 5 Investigation and pre-trial procedure
- 6 Trial and appeal
- 7 Punishment and the rights of victims
- 8 Structure and administration of the Court
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The seat of the Court is The Hague, but it may sit elsewhere if it considers this desirable. The Netherlands was the only State to offer its services, despite rumours that circulated before and during the Diplomatic Conference about Rome, Lyon and Nuremberg as possible candidates. The Hague is already the seat of the International Court of Justice as well as of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and other international judicial organisations. Its candidacy must have seemed so unbeatable to possible competitors that they declined even to throw their hats into the ring. As part of the preparatory process for coming into force of the Rome Statute, a ‘headquarters agreement’ was negotiated with the Netherlands. The Netherlands has provided a large office building in The Hague, formerly used by the Dutch postal service, as temporary premises for the Court. A site for the permanent headquarters of the Court has been identified in Scheveningen, a suburb of The Hague on the North Sea coast. An architectural competition is being organised by the government of the Netherlands, and the government has said it expects the permanent home for the Court to be ready by about 2007.
The International Criminal Court is a new and independent international organisation. The Court is formally distinct from the United Nations. Nevertheless, the United Nations has played a seminal role in its creation, and continues to fund the process of establishment of the Court.
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- An Introduction to the International Criminal Court , pp. 176 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004