On 17th July 2024, the world will again celebrate the World Day of International Justice. This annual observance is a powerful reminder of humanity’s ongoing struggle for justice and accountability across the globe.
The World Day for International Justice dates back to one of the most important moments in history. On the 17th of July, 1998, the Rome Statute was adopted, thus providing a platform for the formation of the International Criminal Court. It was this very treaty that turned out to be of great importance toward the establishment of a permanent international court that would prosecute the worst possible crimes against humanity.
The Assembly of State Parties decided at the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in 2010 that July 17 shall be celebrated as the World Day for International Justice. It has ever since been used as a rallying point by everyone working for the promotion and protection of international criminal justice and lending support to the ICC’s very important work.
International Justice Day, 2024 Theme – Significance
While the 2024 specific theme for World Day of International Justice is yet to be established, the primary message is volunteered to be strategically clear: “To unite all stakeholders in support of justice and victims of crime.” This is a call for all nations, organisations, and individuals to work together in building a fairer world by preventing crimes that threaten global peace and security.
The World Day for International Justice strengthens the cardinal principle that no person is above the law. It sends a loud, clear message: people who perpetrate heinous crimes shall be held accountable.
This observance serves as a platform for victims of such atrocities, ensuring their experiences are brought into the open and dealt with accordingly in the courts of law.
It, therefore, highlights cases prosecuted by the ICC and the broader framework of international criminal law to emphasise the reforms necessary for justice to be accorded to the victims and for the prevention of these crimes in the future.
The day encourages nations to work together in enhancing the international criminal justice system and to support each other in making the world an incredibly just and fair place to live in.
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International Justice Day Quotes
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organised conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected-those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most!-and listens to their testimony.” – James Baldwin
“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” —Theodore Roosevelt
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As we head towards 2024’s World Day for International Justice, let us once again look at these ideals and rededicate ourselves to a world that is just and non-impunity-driven.
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