This article aims to input a perspective in mindsets change, capacity building and spirituality in some elements of the debate on the efficiency of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Rome Statute establishes the ICC as a permanent, complementary court with jurisdiction over the most serious imprescriptible violations of the law which are international crimes: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and acts of aggression. The complementary nature of the ICC's jurisdiction means that exercise of its powers is subject to the inability or unwillingness of national States to fulfill their fundamental obligations of justice for victims and prevention-protection for the public. Subject to the defined conditions, the ICC has the duty to conduct preliminary examinations and investigations, on its own initiative or following requests received to that effect. During preliminary examinations and investigations, stakeholders outside the States Parties and persons subject to professional and ethical rules by virtue of their profession have no formal obligation to cooperate. The results of these activities being based in part on existing levels of expertise in analysing and obtaining information, as well as on the degrees of good faith and profound human values demonstrated. When the findings lead to arrest warrants being issued, regardless of the eminence of status and the immunity privileges that may be granted to the individuals presumed responsible, the ICC is plunged into a situation of dependence on the Member States in order to pursue its work. Yes, by not conferring exceptional police powers to the ICC for the enforcement of its arrest warrants, the Rome Statute issues its requests for arrest dependent on the strength of Member States' commitment to comply with their support obligations. The ICC's task is thus complex and complicated. Because of the nature and scope of its prerogatives and its limited resources, its performance is partly affected by the behaviours of the parties involved, most importantly the States Parties to the Rome Statute. Abiding our obligations or assuming our responsibilities or being truthful is a choice of maturity made at a higher level of consciousness. Discrediting, trivialising, bypassing, deviating minimising, making a mockery of our obligations, responsibilities or truths when we are in a position to fulfil them are other choices, other options, other decisions taken at a lower level of awareness. Yes, putting an end to impunity for supreme violations of the law, yes, international justice for the ravages inflicted on bodies and minds requires operating at a high level of evolution. It is about acting with integrity, respect, concordance, conviction, courage, understanding, pragmatism, goodwill and altruism to resolve fundamental human issues.
*** The United States, China, Russia, Israel and Algeria are not members of the Rome Statute. There are 125 States Parties, including the following countries: Senegal; Trinidad and Tobago; Saint-Martin; Italy; Fiji; Ghana, Norway; Belize; Tajikistan; Iceland; Venezuela; France; Belgium; Canada; Mali; Lesotho; New Zealand; Botswana; Luxembourg; Sierra Leone; Spain; South Africa; The Marshall Islands; Germany; Austria; Finland; Argentina; Dominica; Andorra; Paraguay; Croatia; Costa Rica; Antigua and Barbuda; Denmark; Netherlands; Serbia; Nigeria; Liechtenstein; Central African Republic; United Kingdom; Switzerland; Peru; Nauru; Poland; Hungary; Slovenia; Benin; Estonia; Ecuador; Portugal; Mauritius; Northern Macedonia; Cyprus; Panama; Democratic Republic of Congo; Niger; Cambodia; Jordan; Mongolia; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Romania; Slovakia; Ireland; Greece; Uganda; Brazil; Namibia; Bolivia; Gambia; Latvia; Uruguay; Honduras; Australia; Colombia; United Republic of Tanzania; Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Samoa; Malawi; Djibouti; Zambia; Republic of Korea; Malta; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Barbados; Albania; Afghanistan; Lithuania; Guinea; Georgia; Burkina Faso; Liberia; Guyana; Kenya; Dominican Republic; Mexico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Montenegro; Comoros; Chad; Japan; Madagascar ; Suriname; Cook Islands; Chile; Czech Republic; Bangladesh; Seychelles; Saint Lucia; Republic of Moldova; Grenada; Tunisia; Maldives; Cape Verde; Vanuatu; Guatemala; Ivory Coast; State of Palestine; El Salvador; Kiribati; Armenia; Ukraine. ***
© Vanessa Kabore, Master of Law, in NLP and Hypnosis, article The efficiency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the concern of all stakeholders and the States Parties to the Rome Statute in particular, education and teaching in mindsets change, capacity building and spirituality, by author, narrator and editor of the French paperback book, audiobook and eBook La réponse est dans le comportement [The Answer Is in the Behavior] : les 48 clés du bien-être le plus élevé. (2022). Canada: LEYA.
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