The Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in Trying Offences against the Administration of Justice:Case study of Thomas Lubango

Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court includes the international crimes which stipulated in the Statute of ICC. Criminal procedure of international crimes needs the protection of the Court’s criminal process. This protection is provided by conviction of persons who perverting the course of international justice. The issue of this paper is to answer this question that do the ICC has jurisdiction to try the offenses against the administration of justice and the extent of this jurisdiction is. So, considering the major legal systems’ approaches and international criminal law is explained the foundations of this jurisdiction (part one). The extent of the jurisdiction is understood by examining of the Articles 70 and 71 of statute (part two). Finally, it is ended by taking the first case into account which related to offenses against the administration of justice in Court’s procedure (part three).