# Rome Statute **Entity class:** Multilateral treaty **Domain:** International criminal law / treaty institutions **Doc Type:** Legal Instrument Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court** is the treaty that created the [[wiki/International Criminal Court|International Criminal Court]] and defines its governing legal framework. It was adopted on July 17, 1998, entered into force on July 1, 2002, and addresses jurisdiction, admissibility, criminal procedure, international cooperation, judicial assistance, and enforcement. ## Jurisdiction and Cooperation Article 12 supplies key preconditions for the Court's exercise of jurisdiction, including nationality and territory. Part 9 governs cooperation, including requests to states for arrest and surrender. The treaty therefore joins adjudicative authority to an implementation system that still depends on participating states. ## Article Context [[blog/20261009 - You Play Your Games - We Play Ours|You Play Your Games - We Play Ours]] distinguishes the Statute's treaty-law authority from independent coercive capacity. The article accepts that Article 12 contains a recognizable territorial-jurisdiction mechanism while contesting the Palestine predicate and the legitimacy of extending that mechanism against Israeli officials. ## Relationships - **Creates:** [[wiki/International Criminal Court|International Criminal Court]]. - **Jurisdictional route:** [[wiki/Territorial Jurisdiction|Territorial Jurisdiction]]. - **Analytic distinction:** [[wiki/Treaty-Delegated Jurisdiction|Treaty-Delegated Jurisdiction]] versus [[wiki/Practical Sovereignty|Practical Sovereignty]]. - **Palestine application:** [[wiki/State of Palestine|State of Palestine]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [International Criminal Court — Rome Statute core legal text](https://www.icc-cpi.int/publications/core-legal-texts/rome-statute-international-criminal-court). - [Rome Statute PDF](https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/2024-05/Rome-Statute-eng.pdf).