ICL Database & Commentary

Welcome to the International Criminal Law Database & Commentary. At this website you may find case law from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a commentary to the Rome Statute. The ICL Database & Commentary aims to provide scholars, as well as practitioners, a starting point for legal research in the field of International Criminal Law.

Read more on how to use the ICL Database & Commentary.

The legal tool enables you to find jurisprudence, doctrine and comments in three different ways.

The case law and commentary is sorted under the relevant legal text and provision
    Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
    Rules of Procedure and Evidence
    Regulations of the Court
    Elements of Crime

The case law is sorted according to trial stage and date
    Democratic Republic of Congo
        Lubanga
        Katanga and Chui
        Ntaganda
        Mbarushimana
        Mudacumura
    Uganda
        Kony et al.
    Central African Republic
        Bemba
    Darfur Sudan
        Harun and Kushayb
        Bashir
        Abu Garda
        Banda and Jerbo
        Hussein
    Kenya
        Ruto, Kiprono and Sang
        Muthaura, Kenyatta and Ali
    Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
        Gaddafi et al.
    Côte d'Ivoire
        Gbagbo

The legal texts, the commentary and the case law are searchable
    Search

You will also find that the references between the legal texts are linked.

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