Judiciary of the International Criminal Court

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judicial branch organ of an international organization

The Judiciary of the International Criminal Court is the branch of the ICC composed of independent judges responsible for interpreting and applying international criminal law in cases of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Judges of the International Criminal Court	3
Judiciary of the International Criminal Court canonical	2
judges of the International Criminal Court	2
ICC judges to be independent	1
Plenary of judges of the International Criminal Court	1
judicial organs of the International Criminal Court	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1262087 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Judiciary of the International Criminal Court
Context triple: [Registry of the International Criminal Court, supportsOrgan, Judiciary of the International Criminal Court]

A. Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.
B. Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
C. International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court is a permanent international tribunal that prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
D. Presidency of the International Criminal Court
The Presidency of the International Criminal Court is the administrative and judicial leadership body of the ICC, composed of the President and two Vice-Presidents who oversee the court’s overall functioning and external relations.
E. President of the International Criminal Court
The President of the International Criminal Court is the chief judicial and administrative officer who leads the Court’s Presidency, represents the institution externally, and oversees its overall functioning.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Judiciary of the International Criminal Court
Target entity description: The Judiciary of the International Criminal Court is the branch of the ICC composed of independent judges responsible for interpreting and applying international criminal law in cases of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression.

A. Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.
B. Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
C. International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court is a permanent international tribunal that prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
D. Presidency of the International Criminal Court
The Presidency of the International Criminal Court is the administrative and judicial leadership body of the ICC, composed of the President and two Vice-Presidents who oversee the court’s overall functioning and external relations.
E. President of the International Criminal Court
The President of the International Criminal Court is the chief judicial and administrative officer who leads the Court’s Presidency, represents the institution externally, and oversees its overall functioning.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial branch ⓘ organ of an international organization ⓘ
appliesLaw	Elements of Crimes of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
composedOf	judges of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
conducts	pre-trial proceedings ⓘ trial proceedings ⓘ
decidesOn	admissibility of cases ⓘ jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
ensures	fair trial ⓘ protection of victims and witnesses ⓘ rights of the accused ⓘ
establishedBy	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
establishedInYear	2002 ⓘ
hasComponent	Appeals Division ⓘ Pre-Trial Division ⓘ Trial Division ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	crime of aggression ⓘ crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
headedBy	President of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
hears	appeals ⓘ
includesOffice	First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
interprets	Elements of Crimes of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
issues	arrest warrants ⓘ judgments ⓘ reparations orders ⓘ sentences ⓘ summonses to appear ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute ⓘ
judgesReelection	not eligible for re-election ⓘ
judgesTermLengthYears	9 ⓘ
locatedIn	Netherlands ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
numberOfJudges	18 ⓘ
operatesUnderPrinciple	complementarity ⓘ individual criminal responsibility ⓘ nullum crimen sine lege ⓘ presumption of innocence ⓘ
partOf	International Criminal Court ⓘ
requiresJudgeHighMoralCharacter	true ⓘ
requiresJudgeImpartiality	true ⓘ
requiresJudgeIndependence	true ⓘ
requiresJudgeRecognizedCompetence	criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ international law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Registry of the International Criminal Court → supportsOrgan → Judiciary of the International Criminal Court ⓘ

APIC → beneficiary → judges of the International Criminal Court ⓘ