• SUNDAY JOHN APOCHI

The twentieth century witnessed some of the worst atrocities committed in the history of humankind, accounting for more than ten million civilian deaths in over 300 armed conflicts in the last five decades International Criminal Justice has become a global concerned. The current happenings within the sphere of international Criminal Law in terms of the prosecutions of this atrocities have motivated this write up. It is obvious that there is serious International Humanitarian Law violation. It is also observed that there is significant shift in the global legal landscape since the establishment of the International Criminal Court. The Court is a product of unprecedented International operation geared toward redressing crimes against humanity, war crimes genocide and the crime of aggression. This paper is further motivated by the global on the consensus growing concern to prosecute and punish the perpetrators of War Crimes. However, it was found that there is remarkable achievement recorded by the International Criminal Court in the prosecution of some of these crimes. However, some factors that stood out to impede the efforts of the court is majorly the challenge of the principle of complementarity that brought about lack of universal ratification of the Rome Statute. The entire global community has witnessed the effort of the court exhibited to ensure global peace and harmony, and that those responsible for these heinous crimes are brought to justice and punished accordingly. This paper therefore, seeks to examine the role the International Criminal Court has played so far in ensuring that the perpetrators of war crimes are brought to book.

DISECTING THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE PROSECUTION OF WAR CRIMES: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

"DISECTING THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE PROSECUTION OF WAR CRIMES: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 11, page no.284-302, November-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2011333.pdf

"DISECTING THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE PROSECUTION OF WAR CRIMES: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 11, page no. pp284-302, November-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2011333.pdf