International Criminal Court Act 2001

The International Criminal Court Act 2001 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act incorporates into English law and Northern Ireland law the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The principal aims of the Act are:

to incorporate into domestic law the offences contained in the Rome Statute ;
to fulfill the United Kingdom's obligations under the Statute, particularly in relation to the arrest and surrender of persons wanted by the International Criminal Court and the provision of assistance with respect to ICC investigations; and
to create a legal framework so that persons convicted by the ICC can serve prison sentences in the United Kingdom.

In 2006, three British military personnel were charged with inhumane treatment, a war crime, under the Act. Two of the three soldiers were cleared but the third, Corporal Donald Payne, became the first British person to be convicted of a war crime under this Act, when he admitted to inhumanly treating Baha Mousa.
The corresponding Act of the Scottish Parliament is the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001.
'''Commencement Orders'''

Section 77A

This section was inserted by section 1 of the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom called the International Tribunals Act 2007. The International Tribunals Order 2007 was made under this section.

The Act, and the order made under it, authorised the detention of Charles Taylor in the UK, but their application is not confined to him.