Sudan ratifies Rome statute to become state member of the ICC

KHARTOUM — The Sudanese government has announced that it has passed a bill to join the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to the country’s Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (often referred to as the International Criminal Court Statute or the Rome Statute) is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).

It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy on 17 July 1998 and it entered into force on 1 July 2002. As of November 2019, 123 states are party to the statute. Among other things, the statute establishes the court’s functions, jurisdiction and structure.

In a brief social media statement, Hamdok said a meeting of the Sudanese cabinet chaired by him passed the bill to join the ICC and would shortly conduct a meeting with the sovereign council for its approval.

“Today, in our weekly Cabinet meeting, we have unanimously passed a bill to join the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,” he said.

“We’ll hold a joint meeting with the Sovereign Council to pass that bill into law. Justice & accountability are a solid foundation of the new, rule of law-based Sudan we’re striving to build,” he added.