ABSTRACT
The international criminal justice system is a dual faceted system. One aspect deals with the development o f norms prohibiting international crimes and the other with holding individuals responsible for such crimes. The establishment o f the ICC is based on the second feature. It is intended that as a court it will act as the last resort when states fail to proceed.1 Thus states retain the power to deal with international crimes at the domestic level, given that they still proscribe and enforce rules in their territories.2 Their competence to deal with persons suspected o f breaching their rules endures.
