European Court Of Human Rights
The ICC detention centre is used to hold in safe, secure and humane custody those detained by the ICC. It is not used for enforcing sentences; convicted persons serve sentences in one of the States Parties which have concluded agreements on enforcement of sentences with the ICC and have accepted to place a particular convicted person or persons within a national facility. Until such an arrangement is made, a convicted person remains temporarily in the detention centre. Close to the North Sea, the new buildings are in an area between nature and city, set in the rolling dune landscape on the edge of The Hague. The compact, sculptural arrangement of six buildings includes a central tower, which houses the ICC Courtrooms. On 15 December 2017, the Assembly of States Parties adopted by consensus a resolution on the activation of the jurisdiction of the Court over the crime of aggression as of 17 July 2018. Finally, the fourth crime falling within the ICC's jurisdiction is the crime of...