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Aydin Mammadov, 

Chief Editor, newspaper Ipekchi.

28.02.2018

Thank you for your email and interest in the International Court of Justice. 

With reference to your below query, please be advised that the Court has a dual jurisdiction: it decides, in accordance with international law, disputes of a legal nature that are submitted to it by States (jurisdiction in contentious cases), and it gives advisory opinions on legal questions at the request of the organs of the United Nations or specialized agencies authorized to make such a request (advisory jurisdiction). It has no jurisdiction to try individuals accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity. As it is not a criminal court, it does not have a prosecutor able to initiate proceedings. This task is the preserve of national courts, the ad hoc criminal tribunals established by the United Nations (such as the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)) or in co-operation with it (such as the Special Court for Sierra Leone)), and also of the International Criminal Court, set up under the Rome Statute. 

We hope this addresses your query and we thank you, once again, for your interest in the Court. 

Yours sincerely, 

Département de l'information   | Information Department    

Cour internationale de Justice   | International Court of Justice

02.03.2018