... (eds.), The Law of War Crimes: National and International Approaches (KluwerLaw International, London and The Hague, 19 97) , p. 1 at p. 29.26See the Preamble to the Statute of the International Criminal Court.UK ... some of the functions of the ICC in its pursuit of international criminal justice . Iwould like to conclude this lecture by focusing on the international aspirations of the ICC when it comes to criminal ... Rights Quarterly 73 7 at 75 0.Is retribution in the classic sense what the International Criminal Court is meant to achieve? In part, the answer is ‘yes’, as evidenced by the Preamble to the Rome Statute...