TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; JURISDICTION UNDER INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW; TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION; ACTIVE PERSONALITY PRINCIPLE; PASSIVE PERSONALITY PRINCIPLE; PROTECTIVE PRINCIPLE; UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION; PART – A; JURISDICTION RATIONE TEMPORIS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS; THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL, NUREMBERG; DOMESTIC COURTS; THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST, TOKYO; THE ICTY AND THE ICT; THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT; THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE; THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL; TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOMESTIC COURTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS; ICTY AND ICTR; THE ROME STATUTE; THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE; PART-B ; THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL, NUREMBER; THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR YUGOSLAVIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA; THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT; TRIGGERING MECHANISM UNDER THE ROME STATUTE; REFERRAL BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL; THE JURISDICTION OF THE ICC OVER NATIONALS OF NON - PARTY STATES; ROME STATUTE AND UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION; POWER OF DEFERRAL BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ARTICLES; BOOKS; CASES.