European civil society and governments, including the European Union and its Member States, are among the Court’s staunchest supporters and have played absolutely crucial roles in the historic establishment of the ICC. Europe and the Central Asian Republics today have 41 States Parties, 7 signatories (Armenia, Krygyzstan, the principality of Monaco, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) and 6 non-signatories (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazhakstan, Turkmenistan, and Turkey and the Holy See) to the ICC.

Eighteen European countries have completed cooperation legislation and updated their criminal codes so that they are in harmony with the Rome Statute (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom).

The Coalition has a network of almost 300 member organizations in Europe and, in close cooperation with CICC’s regional office in Brussels, these NGOs organize campaigns to promote the ratification of the ICC treaty in the European region and beyond, raising awareness of the Court’s mandate and role, giving training to local NGOs on the ICC, organizing roundtables on the implementation of the Rome Statute, and other events to support the fight against impunity through the ICC.