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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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In June–July 1998, a UN Diplomatic Conference in Rome gathered 160 states, 33 intergovernmental organizations, and 236 NGOs to discuss establishing an International Criminal Court. The conference adopted the Rome Statute by a 120‑to‑7 vote (21 abstentions), with the United States publicly opposing it while France, the United Kingdom, and Russia endorsed it.
The United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC) took place in Rome at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization from June 15 to July 17, 1998. The participants numbered 160 states, thirty-three intergovernmental organizations and a coalition of 236 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The conference concluded by adopting the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by a nonrecorded vote of 120 in favor, 7 against and 21 abstentions. The United States elected to indicate publicly that it had voted against the statute. France, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation supported the statute.