San Marino signed the Rome Statute on 18 July 1998 and ratified on 13 May 1999, becoming the 3rd State Party.
Samoa signed the Rome Statute on 17 July 1998 and ratified on 16 September 2002, becoming the 80th State Party.
Peter Burian, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, deposited the instrument of ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the ICC at the United Nations.
Sudan is a ’situation country’ under the ICC. Current focus: Alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in in Darfur, Sudan, since 1 July 2002 (when the Rome Statute entered into force).
South Africa signed the Rome Statute on 17 July 1998 and deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 27 November 2000.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Rome Statute on 3 December 2002.
Slovenia signed the Rome Statute on 7 October 1998, and ratified on 31 December 2001, becoming the 48th State Party.
Spain signed the Rome Statute on 18 July 1998 and ratified on 24 October 2000, becoming the 22nd State Party.
Under the leadership of Sweden as the Coordinator of the “Group of Friends of the ICC”, the group of ICC Member States meeting regularly at the UN, it was decided to organize an annual high level meeting in April to high-light the importance of the ICC.
Switzerland signed the Rome Statute on 18 July 1998 and ratified on 12 October 2001, becoming the 43rd State Party.