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October 28, 2005
Mexico: 100th Country Party to the ICC
Bush Administration Should Endorse the International
Criminal Court
Washington DC – Citizens for Global Solutions, a
leading advocacy organization for a strong and effective International Criminal
Court, applauds the Mexican government’s decision to become the 100th country
party to the ICC. As the ICC grows in legitimacy and numbers, Citizens for
Global Solutions calls on the Bush Administration to reclaim America’s historic
role as a leader of international law and justice and endorse the International
Criminal Court.
Raj Purohit, Senior Fellow for International Law and Justice at Citizens for
Global Solutions, said:
“Mexico’s ratification highlights once more that the ICC’s member states include
America’s closest allies. Mexico is an important U.S. ally and trading partner
and its ratification is another positive benchmark for the Court. Rather than
threaten the withholding of economic aid, the Bush Administration should
acknowledge the significance of the 100th ratification and seek to establish a
pragmatic relationship with the Court and its member states.”
With its ratification of the ICC Rome Statute, Mexico has subjected itself to
possible exemption of U.S. Economic Support Funds. Under U.S. law, which
prohibits certain aid to countries party to the ICC, Mexico could be cut off
from receiving $11.5 million in economic and military assistance.
Mexico joins Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela as Western
Hemispheric countries party to the International Criminal Court.
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Notes to Editors:
Citizens for Global Solutions is a non-partisan membership organization that
envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our
rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no one nation
can solve alone.
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Sam Stein
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