“Humanity will never truly advance, rest with its conscience, find comfort or peace, unless we do what we hitherto have been unable to do: Provide a global juridical instrument to deter those persons seeking to commit the gravest of crimes,” Prince Zeid told the assembly's first session in New York, on Tuesday, after his election.Jordan is the only Arab country to have ratified the 1998 Rome Statute, establishing a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Prince Zeid Raad elected head of ICC governing body [Hashemite - son of heir to Iraqi throne]