In the 1990s, WFM mobilized civil society support for a permanent tribunal, launching the CICC in 1995 to unite governments, legal experts, and activists. Their efforts led to the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998.

Through lobbying, public campaigns, and UN engagement, the CICC shaped the Court’s jurisdiction, structure, and independence, ensuring the ICC became a functioning institution dedicated to ending impunity for the world’s worst crimes.