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Madagascar Ratifies Rome Statute

By arosenberg

On March 14, Madagascar?s Malagasy Government ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, bringing the total number of States Parties to the Court to 106. The statute will enter into force in the island nation on June 1, 2008.

The Rome Statute was adopted in July of 1998. Last year, the President of the ICC, Judge Philippe Kirsch, called for the ratification of the Rome Statute by countries that had not yet done so. Judge Kirsch emphasized that the Court was already having an effect in deterring crimes and building peace in some countries.

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Full post as published by Harvard International Law Journal Digest on March 21, 2008 (boomark / email).