International Criminal Court (ICC) hosts launch of civil society forum to commemorate the 20th anniversary ...
(WorldNews Netherlands)

On 15 February 2018, the International Criminal Court (ICC) (www.ICC-CPI.int) hosted the launch of the Coalition for the ICC’s (www.CoalitionForTheICC.org) commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute (https://goo.gl/TkmP61) – the Court’s founding treaty– with an Open Forum at the seat of the Court in The Hague, The Netherlands. More than 280 persons attended the event, including protagonists of the Rome Statute’s adoption, ICC officials, representatives of states, regional and international organizations, and civil society. “It is a great pleasure for me to receive at the ICC so many of those very same people who worked so hard to make this...