ResumenLa creación de la Corte Penal Internacional -cuyo Estatuto fue aprobado el 17 de julio de 1998-, como Tribunal permanente de justicia penal internacional, es de los sucesos mas trascendentales del siglo XX. Tal creación debe ser vista como la culminación de un proceso formalmente iniciado alrededor de medio siglo antes. Con la Resolución de las Naciones Unidas de diciembre de 1946 -fresca at'.n en la memoria la catastrofe que significó la Segunda Guerra Mundial-, mediante la cual este organismo internacional condenó el delito de genocidio como un crimen contra el Derecho Internacional. El propósito de contar con un Tribunal internacional permanente que juzgue los delitos que atenten contra la paz y seguridad, no ha estado libre de obstáculos. Los antecedentes de los tribunales internacionales penales que hasta hoy han existido, no coinciden, ni mucho menos, con la expedición de la Resolución de las Nacio- nes Unidas que se ha referido -objetivo alcanzado el 1 de julio de 2002, con la entrada en vigor del Estatuto de la CPI, al completarse las sesenta ratificaciones necesarias–, sino que son anteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. AbstractThe creation of the International Criminal Court -which Statute was ap- proved on July 17, 1998- as a permanent international criminal court of jus- tice, is one of the most important events of the XX century. This event should be seen as the culmination of a process which formally started about half a century before. Indeed, it was through the Resolution adopted by the UN on December 1946 -still fresh in people's memory due to the catastrophe that WWII meant- by which this international organization condemned genocide as a crime against International Law. The purpose of having a permanent in- ternational Tribunal to judge the crimes that threaten the peace and security of humanity has not been pursued without obstacles. The previous attempts to create international criminal tribunals do not match what was established in the Resolution of the UN aforementioned -its purpose seems to have been reached on July 1, 2002, with the entry into force of the Statute of the Inter- national Criminal Court, on completion of the sixty ratifications needed- but that predate WWII.
THE JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) WITH CRIMES OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (BETWEEN THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE COURT’S CURRENT JURISDICTION AND THE NEED FOR FUTURE AMENDMENT OF THIS JURISDICTION)
