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14 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 1 (2000)
Personal and Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

handle is hein.journals/emint14 and id is 17 raw text is: Articles PERSONAL AND TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT by Johan D. van der Vyver* INTRODUCTION Chapter Two of the International Criminal Court Statute (ICC Statute)' dealing with Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Applicable Law became the focus of the most profound controversies that attended the meetings in New York and Rome for the establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC). This applied-admittedly in different degrees-to all four components of the concept of jurisdiction: subject-matter jurisdiction, temporal jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, and territorial jurisdiction. This Article explores issues pertaining to personal and territorial jurisdiction only. It might be noted that jurisdiction ratione materiae of the ICC has been confined to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,2 with the possible inclusion at a later date of the crime of aggression.' There is also the promise of further consideration of extending the court's jurisdiction to include acts of terrorism and drug-related crimes.' As far as jurisdiction of the ICC ratione temporis is concerned, the * I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia. ' Statute of the International Criminal Court, July 17, 1998, 37 I.L.M. 999 [hereinafter ICC Statute ]. 2 Id. arts. 5(1)(a)-(c). 3 Id. arts. 5(1)(d), 5(2). See Final Act of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, Resolution E, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.183/C.1/L.76/Add.14 (July 16, 1998).

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