LIT4: Gow, J. (2013). War and War Crimes, “Chapter 3: Prosecuting War Crimes”, pp.45-66.London: Hurst & Company

Question 1

When does ICC jurisdiction apply?

Answer 1

1. An individual accused of war crimes belonged to a State Party to the ICC
   Treaty.
2. The suspected crime were committed on the territory of a party to the Treaty.
3. No action were taken at the domestic level.

Question 2

What is the mission of ad hoc tribunals.

Answer 2

1. Were war crimes suspects
2. Who had not faced the test of criminal law
3. Whose continued liberty as individuals constituted a threat to international peace and security.

The ad hoc ICTs had overriding authority, limited by a range of factors:
geographic, temporal and personal.