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19. International Criminal Law | Korea
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19.1 Accession to ICC Rome Statute

19.1.1 Treaties to Which South Korea Is a Party and Implementation

The Republic of Korea (South Korea) signed and ratified numerous treaties relating to international criminal law. First of all, South Korea signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on March 8, 2000 and ratified it on November 13, 2002 without any declaration and reservation. Thus, South Korea started being subject to the jurisdic…

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Lee, Jootaek, “19. International Criminal Law | Korea”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 07 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_1053>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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