Triggering the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction for Alleged Crimes Committed Across Ukraine, Including in Crimea and Donbas
Journal: T.M.C. Asser Press eBooks
Year: 2018

In 2017, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated its 15th anniversary, by which point it had heard 24 cases (all relating to African countries, 40 defendants and only nine people of African origin convicted). In extending its territorial jurisdiction practice, based on an Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute, the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) announced, on 25 April 2014, the opening of a preliminary examination of the situation in Ukraine, which, on 29 September 2015, based on Ukra