World Day for International Justice is being observed today globally to unite all those who wish to support justice, promote victims’ rights, and help prevent crimes that threaten the peace, security and well-being of the world.

This day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute on the 17th of July in 1998, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which seeks to protect people from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.