A permanent court headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed since its inception in 2002.

The agreement establishing the ICC that has been ratified by 108 countries

The countries that have ratified the Rome Statute and agree to uphold the ICC mandate to end impunity for the gravest of crimes.

The section of the Rome Statute which clearly defines the process and the role of the Office of the Prosecutor and the Pre-Trial Chamber to investigate alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

An option included in the Rome Statute through which the U.N. Security Council, acting under its authority to maintain peace and security, can defer an investigation or prosecution for a renewable period of one year. 

The U.N. body responsible for maintaining international peace and security. The states of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have permanent seats. The council has the power of (a) referring states not party to the Rome Statute for investigation by the ICC’s Office of Prosecutor and (b) ending an investigation in the in [..]

The court may choose to keep arrest warrants unavailable to the public, or sealed, for a determined amount of time if the release of the warrant would interfere with an ongoing investigation or the prosecution of another case. Once the arrest warrants have been publically released, they are referred to as unsealed.

The body within the court that helps the Office of the Prosecutor investigate crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC. Before cases are brought to trial, the Pre-Trial Chamber is responsible for issuing an arrest warrant or summons to appear and then ensuring that defendants are clear on the charges being brought against him or her. 

A formal arrest warrant demanding that alleged perpetrators appear before the International Criminal Court to be tried for crimes under the court's jurisdiction. 

Based on the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court has the right to try the most serious crimes of concern to the international community including genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression when a national court is unable or unwilling to justly rule on the matter.