UN General Assembly
2024

Despite its detractors, the evidence before us clearly shows the value and effectiveness and necessity of the International Criminal Court. As a country that advocated for the establishment of the ICC, via the tireless work of our former Prime Minister and President A.N.R. Robinson, Trinidad and Tobago remains resolute in our support of the Court’s mandate, to help put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes, and to provide a glimmer of hope to all victims of those crimes seeking justice within the jurisdiction of the Court. To this end, we continue to encourage all States that have not yet done so, to ratify and fully implement the Rome Statute of the ICC.