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Since the International Criminal Court has been established by the Statutewhich was ratified at Rome Conference in 1998, a new horizon was openedto the prosecution and trial of the international crimes offenders. One of thegoals to establish the ICC is fighting against the impunity; it raises somequestions in relation to developments in contemporary legal thoughts such asrestorative justice. This essay seeks to explain the concept of restorativejustice and its context in the trials of international crimes. It also seeks toexplain the Statute of ICC from the view of its proceedings and decisions byinspiration of “purist model” and “maximalist model “approaches about therestorative justice. The aim is to find the characters defined for restorativejustice in ICC, and explain the contexts of the restorative justice.