Editing International Criminal Court (section)

===United Nations===
[[File:Darfur report - Page 2 Image 1.jpg|thumb|left|The [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] referred the [[War in Darfur|situation in Darfur]] to the ICC in 2005.]]
Unlike the [[International Court of Justice]], the ICC is legally independent from the United Nations. The Rome Statute grants certain powers to the [[United Nations Security Council]], which limit its functional independence. Article 13 allows the Security Council to refer to the Court situations that would not otherwise fall under the Court's jurisdiction (as it did in relation to the situations in Darfur and Libya, which the Court could not otherwise have prosecuted as neither Sudan nor Libya are state parties). Article 16 allows the Security Council to require the Court to defer from investigating a case for a period of twelve months.<ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 16}} Such a deferral may be renewed indefinitely by the Security Council. This sort of an arrangement gives the ICC some of the advantages inhering in the organs of the United Nations such as using the enforcement powers of the Security Council, but it also creates a risk of being tainted with the political controversies of the Security Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanstudents.us/Eyes7/Public/Eyes%20on%20the%20ICC%207.1%20full%20volume%20preview.pdf |title=Abadir M. Ibrahim, The International Criminal Court in Light of Controlling Factors of the Effectiveness of International Human Rights Mechanisms, 7 Eyes on the International Criminal Court (2011). |access-date=4 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132909/http://www.americanstudents.us/Eyes7/Public/Eyes%20on%20the%20ICC%207.1%20full%20volume%20preview.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

The Court cooperates with the UN in many different areas, including the exchange of information and logistical support.<ref name="un&icc">{{cite web|publisher=International Criminal Court |url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/press/pressreleases/222.html |title=UN Secretary-General visits ICC |date=1 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211053856/http://www.icc-cpi.int/press/pressreleases/222.html |archive-date=11 February 2007 |access-date=10 February 2007}}</ref> The Court reports to the UN each year on its activities,<ref name="un&icc"/><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=International Criminal Court |date=August 2006 |url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/organs/presidency/ICC_Report-to-UN_2006_English.pdf |title=Report of the International Criminal Court for 2005–2006 |access-date=14 May 2007 |archive-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216043627/http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/organs/presidency/ICC_Report-to-UN_2006_English.pdf}}</ref> and some meetings of the Assembly of States Parties are held at UN facilities. The relationship between the Court and the UN is governed by a "Relationship Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/asp/ICC-ASP-3-Res1_English.pdf |title=Negotiated Relationship Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations |access-date=23 November 2006 |archive-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216043600/http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/asp/ICC-ASP-3-Res1_English.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Coalition for the International Criminal Court |date=12 November 2004 |url=http://iccnow.org/documents/CICCFS-UNRelationshipAgmt_12Nov04.pdf |title=Q&A: The Relationship Agreement between the ICC and the United Nations |access-date=23 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629231309/http://iccnow.org/documents/CICCFS-UNRelationshipAgmt_12Nov04.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2006}}</ref>