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This Order confers the legal capacities of a body corporate on the International Criminal Court and confers privileges and immunities on its judges, Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutors and Registrar in accordance with Articles 4(1) and 48(2) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court done at Rome on 17th July 1998 (Cm. 4555). The Order will enable Her Majesty’s Government to ratify the Rome Statute, and will enter into force on the date the Statute enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom.