Editing Human rights (section)

=== International courts ===
[[File:International Criminal Court logo.svg|thumb|The official logo of the ICC]]
There exist a number of internationally recognized organisations with worldwide mandate or [[jurisdiction]] over certain aspects of human rights:
* The [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) is the United Nations' primary judiciary body.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icj-cij.org/|title=Cour internationale de Justice – International Court of Justice &#124; International Court of Justice|website=icj-cij.org|access-date=27 August 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702121854/https://www.icj-cij.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has worldwide [[Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice|jurisdiction]]. It is directed by the [[International Court of Justice#The ICJ and the Security Council|Security Council]]. The ICJ settles disputes between nations. The ICJ does not have jurisdiction over individuals.
* The [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) is the body responsible for investigating and punishing [[war crimes]], and [[crimes against humanity]] when such occur within its jurisdiction, with a mandate to bring to justice perpetrators of such crimes that occurred after its creation in 2002. A number of UN members have not joined the court and the ICC does not have jurisdiction over their citizens, and others have signed but not yet ratified the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court|Rome Statute]], which established the court.<ref name=untreaty>United Nations. ''Multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General: [http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/englishinternetbible/partI/chapterXVIII/treaty11.asp Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509190308/http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/englishinternetbible/partI/chapterXVIII/treaty11.asp |date=9 May 2008 }}''. Retrieved 8 June 2007.</ref>

The ICC and other international courts (see [[#Regional human rights regimes|Regional human rights below]]) exist to take action where the national legal system of a state is unable to try the case itself. If national law is able to safeguard human rights and punish those who breach human rights legislation, it has primary jurisdiction by complementarity. Only when all ''local remedies'' have been exhausted does international law take effect.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Resource Part II: The International Human Rights System|url=http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/comp201.htm#1.1|publisher=United Nations|access-date=31 December 2007|archive-date=21 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045919/http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/comp201.htm#1.1|url-status=live}}</ref>