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38. Can other courts try the perpetrators that the ICC does not prosecute? 

Under the principle of complementarity, national judicial systems retain their responsibility for trying

perpetrators of crimes.

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B. Arrests 

39. Who has the power to issue a warrant of arrest or a summons to appear?

After the initiation of an investigation, only a Pre-Trial Chamber may, at the request of the Prosecution,

issue a warrant of arrest or summons to appear if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the

person concerned has committed a crime within the ICC’s jurisdiction.

40.  What  information  do  the  judges  need  from  the  Prosecution  before  they  can  issue  a