UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite has learned that both Austria (Dec 28) and Finland (Dec 29) have ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court bringing the number of ratifications to 27; the number of signatures to the statute is currently 139. The ICC will assume universal jurisdiction, even over countries that have refused to sign on to it, once 60 countries have ratified the agreement.
For LifeSite reports on the ICC see: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/000914.html#2 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/000914a.html https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/june/000630.html#2 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/june/000616.html#1 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/dec/991213.html#1 https://www.lsn.ca/ldn/2000/mar/000314a.html