Question follow-through · 23474
International Criminal Court
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he considers the International Criminal Court to be a foreign court.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he considers the International Criminal Court to be a foreign court.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an international court based in the Netherlands. The UK is a State Party to the Rome Statute, the international treaty which established the ICC, and is one of the founding members. The ICC Act 2001 gives effect t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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