International Criminal Court

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Somini Sengupta, Lacking Support, International Court Becomes Not-So-Long Arm of the Law; A Sudanese leader’s ability to evade arrest illustrates a justice system’s limitations. New York Times, June 16, 2015.
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/world ... criminal-court.html

Quote:

"The International Criminal Court was created in 2002 with an audacious promise: to go after the biggest perpetrators of crimes against humanity and those who commit genocide.  But so far, it seems, the arm of international law has been able to reach only those who have few powerful friends to protect them.

"The court can indict even sitting heads of state, as it did with [Sudan’s president Omar] Bashir. But it has no power to handcuff them and put them in the dock. Instead, the court relies on other heads of state and governments to act as its sheriffs around the world

"some of the world’s most powerful countries, including the United States, Russia and China, have not even joined the International Criminal Court, officially refusing to submit to its authority.

"The court has issued 30 arrest warrants but won only two convictions. Many, like Mr Bashir, have eluded arrest.

"Other international tribunals, separate from the international court, have convicted senior leaders implicated in war crimes in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the former Yugoslavia.  Still, the court has become a major point of international contention, largely because world powers have used it selectively to advance their own interests.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia
(ICTY; is a body of the United Nations; The tribunal is an ad hoc court which is located in The Hague, Netherlands [ICC also based in The Hague])