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Organization: Coalition for the International Criminal Court
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Postal address of organization/institution

c/o WFM, 708 3rd Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017, USA

E-mail address of organization/institution

cicc@coalitionfortheicc.org

Website address of organization/institution

wwww.coalitionfortheicc.org

Telephone of organization/institution

1-212-687-2863

PRIORITIES: All of the organization's domains of culture of peace activity

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

TOP PRIORITY: The organization's most important culture of peace activity

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS: What partnerships and networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the global movement for a culture of peace?

The success of the NGO campaign for the establishment of a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court can be attributed in large measure to the existence of strong national and regional ICC networks all over the world. The CICC national coalitions and regional networks are typically comprised of a diverse range of civil society groups working within a single country or region, including NGOs, academics, lawyers, bar associations and others. Through these networks, strategic plans for the achievement of all goals of this campaign, in particular ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute, and widespread education about the Court and the Statute, are developed and carried out.

By 2009, there were 14 national coalitions in Asia and the Pacific, 14 in Europe, 32 in Africa, 11 in the Middle East and North Africa, and 9 in the Americas, for a total of 80 national coalitions.

ACTIONS: What activities have been undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence during the ten years of the Decade? If you already made a report in 2005, your information from 2005 will be included in the 2010 report.

About the Coalition

The CICC facilitates NGO access to negotiations on the ICC, including the meetings of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), and enables NGOs to meet, become informed, and strategize on issues related to the Court.
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court includes 2,500 organizations around the world working in partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC; ensure that the Court is fair, effective and independent; make justice both visible and universal; and advance stronger national laws that deliver justice to victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

History

The Coalition was founded in 1995 by a small group of NGOs that coordinated their work to ensure the establishment of an International Criminal Court. Since then, the Coalition's membership has increased exponentially as its original goal of establishing the ICC grew to include the larger goal of guaranteeing the Court's fair, effective and independent functioning. Over the years, the Coalition Secretariat and its global membership have worked together at every stage of the Court's development from the preparatory committees for the establishment of the Court, to the Rome Conference that established the Court to the annual Assembly of States Parties meetings.

The CICC secretariat has two locations, in New York and The Hague - with regional coordinators based around the world - and is led by William R. Pace, Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, who serves as the Convenor of the CICC. The work of the Coalition is guided by an informal Steering Committee, which helps to define the CICC’s goals, policies and strategies.

The role of the Coalition was recognized by the Assembly of States Parties when it adopted a resolution entitled ‘Recognition of the coordinating and facilitating role of the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court’ (ICC-ASP/2/Res.8) during its second session in September 2003.

When introducing the resolution, Ambassador Allieu I. Kanu of Sierra Leone, Vice-President of the Assembly of States Parties, remarked: "In this journey, there are people who are generally seated on the sides or in the back of our assemblies, those who took the floor only occasionally, those who do not get the credit but nevertheless tirelessly sustain, defend and yes, set the spirit of the institution which we incarnate today. An organization that represented such people is the NGO Coalition for the ICC”.


PROGRESS: Has your organization seen progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of action and in your constituency during the second half of the Decade?

See actions above

OBSTACLES: Has your organization faced any obstacles to implementing the culture of peace and nonviolence? If so, what were they?

not reported

PLANS: What new engagements are planned by your organization in the short, medium and long term to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence?

Through the concerted efforts of member groups and in cooperation with governments and international organizations, we work toward:

• protecting the letter and spirit of the Rome Statute;

• raising awareness of the ICC at the national, regional and global level;

• monitoring and supporting the work of the Court;

• promoting ratification and implementation of the Court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute;

• monitoring and supporting the work of the Assembly of States Parties;

• facilitating involvement and capacity building of NGOs in the ICC process; and

• expanding and strengthening the Coalition’s worldwide network.

GLOBAL MOVEMENT: How do you think the culture of peace and nonviolence could be strengthened and supported at the world level??

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