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In the immediate aftermath of the Rome conference in 1998, it was not at all clear how many states would be willing to ratify the ICC statute, and when, if ever, the sixtieth ratification would occur, triggering the entry into force of the Rome Statute.2 NGOs, once they decided that the ultimate compromises in the Rome Statute were ones that they could accept, decided to mobilize a worldwide campaign to secure signatures and ratifications of the Rome Statute.
They are the most lethal pair of foes for human rights everywhere in the world— ignorance and indifference.
—Senator William Proxmire, “Pledge to Plead Daily for Ratification of Genocide Treaty”1
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Struett, M.J. (2008). Principled Discourse and the Drive for Ratification: 1998–2002. In: The Politics of Constructing the International Criminal Court. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230612419_7
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