On 21 October 2016, the Government of the Republic of South Africa deposited its instrument of withdrawal from the Rome Statute ("Statute"), the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court ("ICC"), with the Secretary General of the United Nations. The decision comes in the wake of the withdrawal process recently initiated by Burundi.

​On 12 October 2016, the Parliament of the Republic of Burundi voted in support for a plan to withdraw its country from the Rome Statute ("Statute"), the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court ("ICC").

On 23 September 2016, Chile and The Netherlands deposited their instrument of ratification of the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression, thus bringing the total number of ratifications to 32. Both countries also ratified the amendment to article 8 of the Rome Statute.

To commemorate the Day of International Criminal Justice, H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba, the President of the Assembly of States Parties, ("the President") convened, on 16 July 2016, a high- level conference in Dakar, Senegal, on "International Criminal Justice against Sexual and Gender- Based Crimes". The event was organized with the financial sponsorship of the governments of Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.

From 12 to 13 July 2016, the President of the Assembly of States Parties ("the President"), H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba (Senegal), visited New York to participate in the high-level thematic debate on Human Rights of the United Nations General Assembly. In his statement, President Kaba highlighted the role Senegal played promoting the development of a permanent body of international criminal law to put an end to impunity for atrocity crimes and lauded the remarkable work the International Criminal Court ("the Court") has been doing since its inception in 2002.

On 26 June 2016 the State of Palestine deposited its instrument of ratification of the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression. The State of Palestine thus became the thirtieth State to have ratified the amendments on the crime of aggression.

On 17 June 2016, H.E. Mr. Einar Gunnarsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, deposited his country's instrument of ratification of the amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression. Iceland thus becomes the twenty-ninth State to have ratified the amendments on the crime of aggression. The Vice-President of the Assembly of States Parties, H.E. Mr. Sebastiano Cardi, was present at the ratification ceremony.

​The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute ("the Assembly"), Minister Sidiki Kaba ("the President) welcomed the deposit by the Republic of El Salvador, on 3 March 2016, of the instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and of the instruments of ratification of the amendments to the Rome Statute on war crimes and on the crime of aggression.

Today, 14 December 2015, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has finalized its move into its new, permanent premises, located at Oude Waalsdorperweg 10, 2597 AK, The Hague, the Netherlands. The ICC required a functional purpose-built premises to effectively fulfil its mandate in the fight against impunity for perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.