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The efforts of the international community, in its quest to put an end to the phenomenon of impunity of perpetrators of international crimes that threaten international peace and security; have culminated in the establishment of a permanent international judicial body, represented by the International Criminal Court, whose mission is to try perpetrators of serious international crimes and punish them for the crimes they have committed, through the implementation of the submission system. This procedure or system has become the most important form of international cooperation in combating serious international crimes, and is based primarily on establishing a complementary relationship between the national criminal judiciary and the international criminal judiciary while none of them would exclude the other's role, and is subject to the conditions and procedures included in the Rome Statute of the Court. When complied with, the procedure is carried out correctly. Besides, it may meet obstacles that, if not remediated it would be finalized. The international community has not only sought to put an end to the impunity of perpetrators of international crimes, but has also strived to find a unified and harmonious legal mechanism or system that would enable countries to put an end to the impunity of perpetrators of domestic crimes. It has done so by implementing the extradition system, which also embodies the most prominent forms of international cooperation in reducing the phenomenon of criminals escaping punishment. It is subject to conditions, procedures and controls. Whenever the extradition process is completed correctly, the extradition process is then finalized, and whenever it is hindered by a deficiency, the procedure becomes void. Although these two systems embody the highest forms of international cooperation, the procedures for submission to the International Criminal Court are considered less burdensome and complex than the extradition procedures, which are described as long and complex. |
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