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Otto Triffterer (ed.), Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1999, 1295 pp.

Otto Triffterer (ed.), Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.... The Statute of the International Criminal Court is one of the biggest achievements of the United Nations. The idea of a permanent international criminal court to serve as a deterrent for the most serious international crimes was raised as early as the end of World War 11. The drafting proc- ess began shortly thereafter at the UN but was interrupted for several dec- ades by the Cold War, to be resumed in 1989. The matter was referred to the International Law Commission, then to an Ad Hoc Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, and then to the Prepara- tory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. In June-July 1998 a diplomatic conference was convened in Rome which finally adopted the Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17�' July. The conference also decided on the establishment of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court which is charged with drafting further documents necessary for the functioning of the Court, such as the Elements of Crimes and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. The aim of the International Criminal Court is to, as UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan stated, to end the culture of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of International Peacekeeping Brill

Otto Triffterer (ed.), Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1999, 1295 pp.

Journal of International Peacekeeping , Volume 7 (1): 25 – Jan 1, 2001

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1875-4104
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The Statute of the International Criminal Court is one of the biggest achievements of the United Nations. The idea of a permanent international criminal court to serve as a deterrent for the most serious international crimes was raised as early as the end of World War 11. The drafting proc- ess began shortly thereafter at the UN but was interrupted for several dec- ades by the Cold War, to be resumed in 1989. The matter was referred to the International Law Commission, then to an Ad Hoc Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, and then to the Prepara- tory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. In June-July 1998 a diplomatic conference was convened in Rome which finally adopted the Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17�' July. The conference also decided on the establishment of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court which is charged with drafting further documents necessary for the functioning of the Court, such as the Elements of Crimes and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. The aim of the International Criminal Court is to, as UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan stated, to end the culture of

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Published: Jan 1, 2001

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