On July 17, 1998, representatives from the countries of United States, Israel, China, and Iraq met to finally agree on a system that would control international court cases. The agreement that was made created the International Criminal Court. This court system would have jurisdiction over any international cases that involved war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression. The vote was 120 for the court to 7 against it. By the beginning of 2001, over 139 states had signed the Statute, thus making the International Criminal Court permanent. The International Criminal Court, which is governed by the Roman Statute, was the first permanent international criminal court ever established.
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