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Armenia Parliament to consider ratifying Rome Statute

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Armenian state news agency Armenpress reported Friday that the country’s parliament will consider ratifying the Rome Statute. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the treaty that established the ICC. Armenia signed the Rome Statute in October 1999 but has not ratified it.

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Ukraine President Zelenskyy submits bill to ratify ICC Rome Statute

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a bill on Thursday that would ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Zelenskyy also introduced Bill 11484 , which would amend certain provisions of the Ukrainian Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to be in line with the statute.

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Ukraine parliament ratifies Rome Statute of the ICC

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The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine voted on Wednesday to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , making Ukraine a state party. The Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, claimed that ratifying the Rome Statute demonstrates Ukraine’s “unwavering commitment to strengthening international justice.

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Armenia becomes 124th State Party to International Criminal Court

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This ceremony is the conclusion of the accession process which began in 2022 when the government approved a law on Rome Statute ratification and a declaration , accepting the ICC’s retroactive jurisdiction before the Armenian Constitutional Court authorized the ratification.

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Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate allowed to inspect ballots cast in 2022 election

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Judge Peter Thompson denied Lake’s request to copy and photograph ballots, because “the statute authorizing her ballot inspection provides only for an ‘inspection of ballots’ ‘made in the presence of the legal custodian of the ballots.'”

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Hungary parliament votes to ban pride marches

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The ruling party submitted the bill to the parliament on Monday, seeking to prohibit events violating child-prohibiting statutes and to authorize police to use facial recognition technology to identify participants. In 2022, the European Commission sued Hungary for anti-LGBT discrimination in the EU’s Court of Justice.

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Russia puts 314 Ukrainian children into systemic coerced adoption

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The HRL began documenting potential violations of international law by Russia in Ukraine as part of an initiative led by the US Department of State in 2022. The HRL revealed that more than half of those children have been placed directly with Russian citizens, while the rest have been listed on Russia’s child placement databases.

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