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AMICC is a coalition of non-governmental organizations committed
to achieving full United States support for the International
Criminal Court (ICC) and the earliest possible US ratification
of the Court's Rome Statute. AMICC
members
believe that strong participation by the US in the ICC is essential
to the future of the Court as an effective institution. They
take pride in the historic role of the US in promoting the development
of international criminal law. They emphasize that the ICC expresses
and implements values traditionally championed by the United
States, including international justice and the rule of law.
Read
more about AMICC's mission
AMICC members have concluded that the best way to achieve US
support of the ICC and ratification of the Court's Rome Statute
is to work together as a coalition. In AMICC, they can join their diverse membership,
resources, and experience in a nationwide campaign, by incorporating ICC activities into their ongoing programming, while continuing to conduct their own independent activities reflecting their individual membership interests. The diversity of AMICC's membership organizations reflects the diverse interests the Court addresses.
The Coalition supports and promotes grassroots activity in support
of the Court, including the formation of local alliances of
individuals and organizations whose interests will be served
and advanced by the ICC and thus by the US relationship with
it. These include bar associations, women's groups, human rights
organizations, religious organizations, veterans' groups, victims
organizations, students and young adults, and others. These organizations may have sharply differing views on other political and social issues, but work effectively together to support a Court which implements their common intense opposition to international atrocities and to holding accountable those most responsible for them. Local
ICC alliances combine their diverse constituencies to create
local public awareness of and support for the importance of
US cooperation in a strong ICC. Read
more about Local Alliances
These locally based activities complement the work of the Washington
Working Group on the ICC (WICC), which has many members in common
with AMICC, in monitoring congressional and executive branch
action on the ICC, and spreading understanding of the ICC throughout
Congress and the Administration.Read
more about AMICC's strategy
AMICC is funded by both institutional and individual grantors,
including:
The Ford Foundation
The Planethood Foundation
Van Evera Family Foundation
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