The president of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the ICC, Sidiki Kaba, welcomed the accession of Palestine to the Rome Statute on Wednesday, which brings the total to 123 States Parties.

„Each ratification of the Rome Statute constitutes welcome progress towards its universality,“ Kaba said in a ICC press release. „I call on all members of the United Nations to join this permanent and independent system of international justice to fight against impunity and prevent the most serious crimes under international law, which is based on the principle of complementarity with domestic jurisdictions.“