Through an analysis of lgbt legal studies, it is possible to reveal the silences andexclusions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (icc) regardingthe likelihood of an investigation and eventual punishment of international crimesor serious human rights violations committed against the lgbt population. First, the preamble and the crime of genocide are analyzed to determine the regulatoryomissions of the Statute. Second, crimes against humanity, particularly the crimeof persecution, are analyzed to show the exclusions
