Editing 2002 (section)

=== Crime and international law ===
The [[Rome Statute]] entered into force in July, establishing the [[International Criminal Court]].<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=469}} The [[International Court of Justice]] ruled in three cases: it ruled that [[diplomatic immunity]] applied to all crimes, including [[crimes against humanity]], and it settled two territorial disputes, ruling in favor of Cameroon over Nigeria and in favor of Malaysia over Indonesia.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|pages=471–472}} [[Special Court for Sierra Leone|A lesser court]] was established by the United Nations in Sierra Leone to prosecute figures associated with the nation's civil war.<ref name=":16"/>{{Rp|page=470}} A ban on the use of [[child soldiers]] was [[Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict|established in international law]] in February.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=381}}

The prosecution of former Yugoslavian president [[Slobodan Milošević]] began in February,<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=225}} but it was delayed and the genocide portion of the charges against him was dropped.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|page=86}} [[Biljana Plavšić]], the former president of [[Republika Srpska]], plead guilty to crimes against humanity in a related case.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=225}} In August, the [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] saw the arrests of nine more people accused of genocide, including army chief of staff [[Augustin Bizimungu]]. Efforts failed to create a similar tribunal in Cambodia to prosecute [[Khmer Rouge]].<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=226}} United Nations peacekeeping missions concluded in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Prevlaka, reducing its Balkan presence to Kosovo.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=381}}

Former military dictator of Argentina [[Leopoldo Galtieri]] was arrested in July for his actions in the [[Dirty War]]. Two generals from the [[Salvadoran Civil War]] were found liable for torture in an American court, and they were ordered to pay $54.6 million in damages.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=282}} A major espionage case in the United States ended in May with [[Robert Hanssen]] sentenced to life in prison for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=232}} Serbia and Montenegro abolished capital punishment to qualify for entry to the [[Council of Europe]], and Turkey did so to garner support for its incorporation into the European Union. Prisoners in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Turkey engaged in deadly strikes and riots in response to poor conditions in 2002.<ref name=":52" />{{Rp|page=232}}