The ROME STATUTE 1998 established the:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted on 17 July 1998 at a UN diplomatic conference in Rome.
2. It entered into force on 1 July 2002 after the 60th ratification, establishing the INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) at The Hague.
3. The ICC has jurisdiction over four core crimes: (a) GENOCIDE (Article 6); (b) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY (Article 7); (c) WAR CRIMES (Article 8); (d) CRIME OF AGGRESSION (Article 8 bis, activated 2018 after Kampala Amendments 2010).
4. India is NOT a State Party to the Rome Statute.
5. The ICC has 124 States Parties as of 2024.
6. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: UN Charter 1945 / Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties 1969 / ICJ Statute / ARSIWA 2001 — Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998_
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