On May 1, 2014, the International Criminal Court (ICC) dismissed a communication seeking jurisdiction with respect to alleged crimes committed on Egyptian territory since June 1, 2013. According to the press release [3] from the Office of the Prosecutor, the communication was lodged by “lawyers acting on behalf of, amongst others, the Freedom and Justice Party” on December 13, 2013 and “purported to be signed on behalf of the Government of Egypt.” The Prosecutor “determined that the purported declaration . . . was not submitted, as a matter of international law, by any person with the requisite authority or bearing ‘full powers’ to represent the State of Egypt for the purpose of expressing the consent of that State to the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court.” The decision was communicated to the applicants by the Registrar, who also issued a press release  [4]on the issue.