ABSTRACT
Several fundamental principles have been incorporated in the International Criminal Court (ICC) legal framework also and especially because they were supported by the American administration: this is why the US negative vote in Rome cannot diminish the legal and political value of the principles enshrined in the Statute. Considering the potential "boomerang" effect of the Court on national justice system, some systems have indeed commenced a process of general implementation of humanitarian standards. Such a tendency has prevailed in some legal orders already in the course of drafting and negotiation of the Rome Statute. A brief observation must be made also with respect to the principle of non-applicability of statutory limitations, as starkly provided for the crimes within the Court's reach by Article 29 of the Rome Statute. It is true that peace agreements until the Versailles Treaty included nearly always an amnesty clause for war crimes.
