Commonwealth Model Law on the International Criminal Court – 2011 Revised Version

On July 14, 2011, at their meeting in Sydney, Australia, the Commonwealth Law Ministers adopted the revised Model Law on the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The practice of Commonwealth countries demonstrates that the model law may be used by national legislators in two ways: (a) as a model legislation (i.e. a textual basis to be modified and adapted to a given national system); or (b) as guidance to be used alongside other resources...(more)...