The
following States have endorsed this statement in
support of the International Criminal Court (ICC):
Afghanistan,
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia,
Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia
(Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica,
Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon,
Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana,
Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan,
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Latvia, Lesotho,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta,
Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, New
Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of
Moldova, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,
State of Palestine, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland,
The Gambia,
Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda,
United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu
As
States Parties to the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court (ICC), we uphold that the
court, its officials and staff shall carry out their
professional duties as international civil servants
without intimidation.
In
line with the 17 May 2024 press release of the
President of the Assembly of States Parties and the 3
May 2024 statement by the Office of the Prosecutor, we
reconfirm our unwavering support for the Court as an
independent and impartial judicial institution.
In
this regard, we reiterate our commitment to uphold and
defend the principles and values enshrined in the Rome
Statute and to preserve its integrity from any
political interference and pressure against the Court,
its officials and those cooperating with it. We renew
our resolve to stand united against impunity.
The
ICC, as the world's first and only permanent
international criminal court, is an essential
component of the international peace and security
architecture. We therefore call on all States to
ensure full cooperation with the court for it to carry
out its important mandate of ensuring equal justice
for all victims of genocide, war crimes, crimes
against humanity and the crime of aggression, grave
crimes that threaten the peace, security and
well-being of the world. By giving our full support to
the ICC and promoting its role, we contribute to
ending impunity for such crimes and preventing their
recurrence while defending the progress we have made
together to guarantee lasting respect for
international humanitarian law, human rights, the rule
of law and the enforcement of international criminal
justice.
14th
of June 2024
***************