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Cultural heritage is in a paradoxical situation. It has never before been so celebrated, so exploited, so commercialised, and yet, as it grows in parallel with world tourism, it is also instrumentalized, plundered and destroyed to such an extent that it has even become a target in armed conflicts. The effects attributed to cultural heritage are both ambivalent and contradictory. While we praise its power of social reconciliation and moral reparation, at the same time it is shown to be anxiogenic and even belligerent, becoming a catalyst for identity-based tensions. Now more than ever, the heritage phenomenon must be considered critically as an indicator of geopolitical disorder at the beginning of the third millennium.
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International criminal justice provides victims of violent crimes a renewed sense of humanity and its compassion for their sufferings. Hence, the symbolic value of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in interstate society. The crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court have shocked the conscience of mankind. Therefore, the community of States has both moral and legal interests in imposing liability upon perpetrators of such heinous acts, especially when the impleading States are unwilling or unable to do so. As a result, the obligation to cooperate with the Court was imposed on the failed States of Sudan and Libya. This article outlines the sources of law and legal bases of the obligation to cooperate with the ICC. Specifically, it details how this duty is based as much upon conventional international law as upon customary international law. Thus, by being subject to international treaty law, States Parties have an obligation to comply with the provisions of the Rome Statute. Nevertheless, the obligations of jus cogens, such as the duty to repress, or the responsibility to protect can compel non-States Parties to cooperate with the ICC.