Principles guaranteeing the activation of responsibility for genocide in light of the Rome Statute

Abstract

 Abstract: Although the majority of research that dealt with the issue of genocide as an international crime that violates the provisions of international humanitarian law was based on the elements of this crime as such, or on studying previous representations of it Infront of the provisional international criminal courts, we find that the subject of guarantees for activating legal responsibility for the crime in light of basic principles of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are often taken into consideration at all. From this standpoint, this research focuses on the guarantees referred to, given that the International Criminal Court, on one hand, is the permanent international judicial body with the authority to exercise its jurisdiction over persons towards the most critical crimes of international concern,  notably  genocide; and on  the other hand, that ensuring the establishment of legal responsibility is the corner stone of ensuring that perpetrators do not escape punishment, which in turn ensures that victims of crime are compensated against their serious harm.