Conclusion

This book started with a fundamental question: Is the Rome Statute a universal criminal code? Neither the Statute nor the Court itself (at least in its early years) seem to make a clear distinction between cases that are triggered by the SC, States or by the Prosecutor – all cases are treated alike – as if the Statute applies to all since its entry into force. Is a situation triggered by the SC under Article 13 (b) bringing into force the whole Rome Statute or only the parts established under customary international law? It was indeed one of our purposes