CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; LIST OF THE CASES; ABSTRACT; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT; a. The crying need for establishment of the International Criminal Court; b. Challenges Faced during the establishment of the tribunal; c. Development of the International Criminal Law vis- a- vis International Criminal Court; d. Versailles Peace Treaty 1919; e. Development of International Criminal Law after World War II; f. Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials: Birth certificate of International Criminal Law; g. International Law Commission .; CHAPTER II 20; ANALYSIS OF THE ROME STATUTE 2002; Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court; a. Crime of genocide; b. Crimes against humanity; c. War crimes; d. The crimes of aggression; I. Kampala Conference; II. General principles laid down in the Rome Statute; a. Shift from state responsibility to individual responsibility; b. Head of the state not immune; c. The principles of the superior order; CHAPTER III 37; DEBATES SURROUNDING· THE INTERNATIONA CRIMINAL COURT: BASIC ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED; a. Relationship between the UNSC and the ICC: Criteria for referrals of cases by the UN Security Council.; b. Can there be peace without Justice? Article 16 of the Rome Statute.; c. Complementary Jurisdiction; d. Gender Issue; e. Selective Justice at ICC: Targeting the African Countries; f. International Criminal Court: Superpower a myth and reality; g. Consequences of US non-participation in the court; h. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1422.; CHAPTER IV 51; ROLE OF INDIA AND THE ICC; a. The objection raised by India in the Rome Conference; b. Role of the Security Council in referring the cases to the ICC; c. Lack of opt-in provision; d. The sovereignty argument; e. Non inclusion of Terrorism and Nuclear First action as Crime under the Rome Statute; CHAPTER V 56; HOW FAR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONTRIBUTES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS IN ITS FIRST DECADE; Cases and Situations before the ICC; a. Prosecutor vs. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo Case; b. Situation in Uganda; c. Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; d. Situation in Darfur, Sudan; e. Situation in the Central African Republic; f. Situation in the Republic of Kenya; g. Situation in Libya; h. Situation in Cote divoire; i. Situation in Mali; CHAPTER VI 66; THE WAY FORWARD AND SOLUTION: A PRECEDENT FOR THE FUTURE"; a. Is there any alternative of the Court?; b. Amnesty in International Legal framework: Way forward and solution; c. ICC: A precedent for the future; d. Suggestion/ Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY 71.