The jurisdiction of the ICC

In this clip, I provide an overview of the jurisdictional requirements and limits of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as established by the 1998 Rome Statute. After briefly discussing the historical context in which the ICC was created, I list and explain the four aspects of jurisdictions that arise before the ICC -- territorial, subject-matter, temporal, and personal jurisdiction. 0:00 Introduction 1:05 The creation of the ICC 2:41 Jurisdictional requirements 3:45 Territorial jurisdiction 5:24 Subject-matter jurisdiction 6:11 Temporal jurisdiction 7:07 Personal jurisdiction 7:53 The non-applicability of immunities Reading: • Jan Klabbers, International Law (4th ed., Cambridge University Press, 2023), chapter 12 Reading questions: • What limitations define the jurisdiction of the ICC? This video series was created for a second-year undergraduate course in public international law at University College Roosevelt in the Netherlands.