Editing Office - Geneva 

The ICC has jurisdiction to prosecute individuals from anywhere in the International System as long as the suspect is a citizen of a state that has ratified the Rome Statute or has been referred to by the United Nations Security Council in cases where the ICC has no Jurisdiction to prosecute.

The ICC has jurisdiction to prosecute individuals from anywhere in the International System as long as the suspect is a citizen of a state that has ratified the Rome Statute or has been referred to by the United Nations Security Council in cases where the ICC has no Jurisdiction to prosecute.

However, despite the comprehensiveness of the Rome statute, the ICC faces some unforeseeable challenges most of which are usually associated with lack of cooperation from both states and individuals and without guaranteed support, limitations and drawbacks are imminent especially in cases involving influential political leaders. This is however not to discredit the court as it is still fairly young compared to other intergovernmental organisations and considering some of its achievements such as the impact it has had in the promotion of International Criminal Law, it is fairing very well so far taking into account the intensity and aggressiveness of some of the cases it has pursued.

The court would however be more credible if it refrained from selective justice and widened its scope of influence to other regions instead of focusing on specific territories by amending some of its policies to make it more independent from state influence.