ICC welcomes ‘State of Palestine’ as 123rd member

The Palestinians on Wednesday officially joined the International Criminal Court during a low-profile ceremony in The Hague.

 

Judge Kuniko Ozaki, acting president of the court, said: “It is a pleasure for me to address this gathering at which we formally welcome the State of Palestine as the 123rd state party to the Rome Statute.

 

By acceding to the Rome Statute, the State of Palestine has entered the growing majority of the world’s nations that have combined their efforts for the purpose of ending impunity for the most serious crimes of concern to humanity.”

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