مبدأ التكامل في اختصاص المحكمة الجنائية الدولية

Abstract EN

The principle of complementarity is to put an end to impunity for those involved in the crimes under Section Five of the Rome Statute and defined as crimes «symptoms» affecting the entire international community.

These crimes include the following: crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression.

To deal with these crimes is the responsibility of national states and not the International Criminal Court.

The latter may exercise its jurisdiction if it finds that the state in question is unable to complete the investigation where the prosecution, or did not really desire to bring these people to justice and appear before the International Justice, or simply tries to silence the international opinion.

Based on the fact that the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is complementary to national jurisdiction, it incites, encourages states to continue by themselves to bring these cases to their national courts to avoid appearing before the International Criminal Court.