The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team have been given a central role to play in addressing the widespread and systematic attacks against civilian population in Libya, which ‘may amount to crimes against humanity,’ as stated in UN Security Council Resolution 1970, adopted unanimously on 26 February this year. Paragraph 4 of the Resolution refers the situation in Libya since 15 February 2011 to the ICC. On 3 March, 2011 the court initiated proceedings.

The ICC is often criticized for limited reach and activity, especially in high-profile flagrant cases of mass violence and atrocities. So what is different this time that gives the court the key power to establish jurisdiction?

Establishing ICC jurisdiction

Competence by the court is based on the principle of state acceptance of jurisdiction, whereby a state needs to explicitly agree to give the international court the competence to try international crimes occurring on the territory of that state (Art.12. 2a), or allegedly perpetrated by a national of that state (Art.12.2b).

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