On October 3, the Central African Republic became the forty-first country to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. We are now over two thirds of the way towards the 60 ratifications required to make the court a reality. The International Criminal Court will complement existing national judicial systems. It will be a permanent tribunal that will investigate and prosecute those individuals accused of crimes against humanity, genocide, and crimes of war.
Establishing the ICC has been a major institutional push of Human
Rights Watch. Most recently, in September staff attended the 8th ICC
Preparatory Commission meeting where the details of the Court's
implementation were worked out. At the meeting many states reiterated
their support for the ICC, and Peru and Switzerland announced their
intention to ratify the Rome Statute soon. On September 25, HRW
published "International Criminal Court Work: a Handbook for
Implementing the Rome Statute," which explains the principal obligations
of states parties under the Rome Statute and discusses how to implement
it into national laws. To find out more about the International Criminal
Court visit: http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/icc/
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