§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries that(a) have ratified and (b) have undertaken to ratify the Treaty on the International Criminal Court. [16233]
To date, 46 countries including the United Kingdom have ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute of the ICC. These are:
Ratifications: Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, San Marino, Italy. Fiji, Ghana, Norway, Belize, Tajikistan, Iceland, Venezuela, France, Belgium, Canada, Mali, Lesotho, New Zealand. Botswana, Luxembourg, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Spain, South Africa, Marshall Islands, Germany, Austria, Finland, Argentina, Andorra, Paraguay, Croatia, Cost Rica, Antigua and Barbuda. Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Nigeria, Liechtenstein, Central African Republic, United Kingdom. Switzerland, Peru, Nauru and Poland.Accession: DominicaThe Statute will enter into force on the first day of the month after the 60th day following the date of the 60th deposit of ratification, accession, acceptance or approval with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
193W139 States have signed the Rome Statute of the ICC. Of these, many are well advanced with preparations to ratify. 12 EU member states have ratified to date and the other three are committed to doing so. We continue our efforts to encourage state to ratify or accede to the Statute as soon as possible.