RATIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TREATY

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That this House notes that 80 states, including the United Kingdom, have signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; welcomes the recent ratification by Senegal and Trinidad and Tobago of the statute; notes that Belgium, France, Italy and members of the Caribbean community are at an advanced stage in the ratification process; would be among the first 60 states to ratify the statute; and urges Her Majesty's Government to begin all necessary inter-departmental consultations as soon as possible to draft the relevant implementing legislation.