In May 2002, International Human Rights Law Group, Centre for Democracy & Development (CDD) and BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights facilitated a Stakeholders' meeting, which led to the formation of the NIGERIA COALITION ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (NCICC)
Over the past half-a-century, millions of people have continued to be victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, with only a handful of those responsible for these crimes ever being brought to justice by existing national courts and ad-hoc international criminal tribunals. The perpetrators of such grave crimes committed them in the knowledge that it was extremely unlikely that they would consequently be brought to justice for their actions. As such, the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeks to combat impunity by serving as a means of redress to victims and survivors of such crimes and to prove, over time, to be a powerful deterrent to the commission of these crimes.
Rationale for the NCICC
The Coalition is to confront the post ratification challenge on the ICC such as:
- Advocacy on transparency, merit and accountability process on nomination and election of judges as well as other personnel of the Court
- Domestication of the Rome Statute
- Enlightenment of the Public and other stakeholders
- Integrating local content in global debate
- Facilitating Regional Networks
- Training and capacity building
- Technical support for victims and witnesses
- Documenting violations within the jurisdiction of the Court
