International Criminal Court Act 2001

United Kingdom legislation

International Criminal Court Act 2001

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to give effect to the Statute of the International Criminal Court; to provide for offences under the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland corresponding to offences within the jurisdiction of that Court; and for connected purposes.
Citation| 2001 c. 17
Territorial extent |

* England and Wales
* Northern Ireland

Dates
Royal assent| 11 May 2001

Status: Current legislation

Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act incorporates into English law and Northern Ireland law the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.[1]

The principal aims of the Act are:[2]

* to incorporate into domestic law the offences contained in the Rome Statute (genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity);[3]
* to fulfill the United Kingdom's obligations under the Statute, particularly in relation to the arrest and surrender of persons wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the provision of assistance with respect to ICC investigations; and
* to create a legal framework so that persons convicted by the ICC can serve prison sentences in the United Kingdom.

In 2006, three British military personnel were charged with inhumane treatment, a war crime, under the Act.[4] Two of the three soldiers were cleared but the third, Corporal Donald Payne, became the first British person to be convicted of a war crime under this act, when he admitted to inhumanly treating Baha Mousa.[5]

The corresponding Act of the Scottish Parliament is the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 13).

Commencement Orders

The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2161) (C.69) HTML PDF
The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Commencement) (Amendment) Order 2001] (S.I. 2001/2304) (C.77) HTML PDF

## See also[edit]

* Human rights in the United Kingdom
* International criminal law
* Völkerstrafgesetzbuch

## References[edit]

1. ^ International Committee of the Red Cross (2001): International Humanitarian Law: National Implementation. Accessed 4 July 2007.
2. ^ Foreign and Commonwealth Office: International Criminal Court Act 2001: Explanatory Notes Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 4 July 2007.
3. ^ Note that the Act does not include the crime of aggression. Although the Rome Statute lists the crime of aggression as a crime under the jurisdiction of the Court, Article 5 of the Rome Statute stipulates that the ICC will not exercise its jurisdiction over the crime of aggression until agreement has been reached on a definition of that crime and the conditions under which jurisdiction will be exercised. Any amendment to the crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC, if accepted by the UK, would need to be given effect by a further Act of Parliament. See Foreign and Commonwealth Office: International Criminal Court Act 2001: Explanatory Notes Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, para. 10. Accessed 4 July 2007.
4. ^ British soldier admits war crime. BBC News, 19 September 2006. Accessed 4 July 2007.
5. ^ UK soldier jailed over Iraq abuse. BBC News, 30 April 2007. Accessed 4 July 2007.

## External links[edit]

* International Criminal Court Act 2001 — text of the Act at the Office of Public Sector Information

* v
* t
* e

International Criminal Court (ICC)

Legal texts|

| International|

* Rome Statute (amendments)
* Agreement on Privileges and Immunities
* Agreements on the Enforcement of Sentences
* Geneva Conventions
* Charter of the United Nations

|

UN resolutions|

| General Assembly|

* 3314

|

Security Council|

* 1422
* 1487
* 1593
* 1970

National|

* American Service-Members' Protection Act (United States)
* Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (Canada)
* International Criminal Court Act 2001 (United Kingdom)
* Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Ireland)
* Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (Germany)

Crimes|

* Crimes of genocide
* Crimes against humanity
* War crimes
* Crimes of aggression

Organisation|

| States parties|

* List of states parties
* Presidents and vice presidents of the Assembly of States Parties
* Review Conference

|

Court|

* Presidency
* Judges (elections: 2003
* 2006
* 2007
* Jan. 2009
* Nov. 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2017)
* Prosecutor

Investigations|

| Official|

* Afghanistan
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Darfur, Sudan
* Georgia
* Kenya
* Libya
* Mali
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* Venezuela

|

Complaints|

* Iraq

Individuals|

* Detainees
* Indictees

Other|

* Legal Tools Database
* American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the ICC
* Coalition for the ICC
* European Union and the ICC
* United States and the ICC
* World Day for International Justice

* v
* t
* e

Legislation of the United Kingdom

Pre-parliamentary legislation|

* List of English statutes
* Charter of Liberties
* Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding
the Kingdom of Great Britain|

| Parliament of England|

* 1225–1267
* 1275–1307
* 1308–1325
* Temp. incert.
* 1327–1411
* 1413–1460
* 1461–1482
* 1483
* 1485–1503
* 1509–1535
* 1536
* 1539–1540
* 1541
* 1542
* 1543
* 1545
* 1546
* 1547
* 1548
* 1549
* 1551
* 1553
* 1554
* 1555
* 1557
* 1558–1601
* 1603–1623
* 1625
* 1627
* Petition of Right
* 1640
* Interregnum (1642–1660)
* 1660
* 1661
* 1662
* 1663
* 1664
* 1665
* 1666
* 1667
* 1670
* 1672
* 1675
* 1677
* 1678
* 1679
* Habeas Corpus Act
* 1680
* 1685
* 1688
* 1689
* Bill of Rights
* 1690
* 1691
* 1692
* 1693
* 1694
* 1695
* 1696
* 1697
* 1698
* 1700
* 1701
* 1702
* 1703
* 1704
* 1705
* 1706

|

Parliament of Scotland|

* to 1707

Acts of Parliament of the
Kingdom of Great Britain|

* 1707
* 1708
* 1709
* 1710–1714
* 1715–1719
* 1720–1724
* 1725–1729
* 1730–1734
* 1735–1739
* 1740–1744
* 1745–1749
* 1750–1754
* 1755–1759
* 1760–1764
* 1765
* 1766
* 1767
* 1768
* 1769
* 1770
* 1771
* 1772
* 1773
* 1774
* 1775
* 1776
* 1777
* 1778
* 1779
* 1780
* 1781
* 1782
* 1783
* 1784
* 1785
* 1786
* 1787
* 1788
* 1789
* 1790
* 1791
* 1792
* 1793
* 1794
* 1795
* 1796
* 1797
* 1798
* 1799
* 1800

Acts of the Parliament of Ireland|

* to 1700
* 1701–1800

Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|

* 1801
* 1802
* 1803
* 1804
* 1805
* 1806
* 1807
* 1808
* 1809
* 1810
* 1811
* 1812
* 1813
* 1814
* 1815
* 1816
* 1817
* 1818
* 1819
* 1820
* 1821
* 1822
* 1823
* 1824
* 1825
* 1826
* 1827
* 1828
* 1829
* 1830
* 1831
* 1832
* 1833
* 1834
* 1835
* 1836
* 1837
* 1838
* 1839
* 1840
* 1841
* 1842
* 1843
* 1844
* 1845
* 1846
* 1847
* 1848
* 1849
* 1850
* 1851
* 1852
* 1853
* 1854
* 1855
* 1856
* 1857
* 1858
* 1859
* 1860
* 1861
* 1862
* 1863
* 1864
* 1865
* 1866
* 1867
* 1868
* 1869
* 1870
* 1871
* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
* 1879
* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899

* * *

* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

* * *

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* Halsbury's Statutes
* Legislation.gov.uk
* Short titles

| relating to the European Union (formerly European Communities)|

* 1972 to date

|

Church of England measures|

* List
* Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions|

* Acts of the Scottish Parliament
* List
* Acts of Senedd Cymru and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales
* List
* Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
* Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Orders in Council|

* 1994 to date

| for Northern Ireland|

* 1972–2009/2015–16

|

Secondary legislation|

* United Kingdom statutory instruments
* Scottish statutory instruments
* Acts of Sederunt
* Acts of Adjournal
* Church of England instruments

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template