INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

1. ICC vs. Bashar Al Assad for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in
Syrian war (2011- present).

2. ICC vs. Aung San Suu Kyi for Genocide against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in
2016.

Definitions:
1. War crimes: actions committed during war which violate accepted international rules
of war.
2. Crimes against humanity: deliberate act, usually related to a system (systematic action), that causes mass human suffering or death.
3. Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, usually those of a particular nation, religion, race, or ethnic group.
Note: it is important to make a distinction between these terms when abiding by international law in the ICC.

Rome statue is the treaty that established the ICC on 1998, these are the countries that signed it: https://asp.icccpi.int/en_menus/asp/states%20parties/pages/the%20states%0parties%20to%20the%20rome%20statute.aspx

Notes:
 ICC has no jurisdiction over countries that did not sign Rome Statute
 US, China, and Russia did not sign.
 ICC can operate in states that did not ratify the Rome statute if given authorization
by the UN security council.