Due to its status, the European Union (EU) is not party to the International Criminal Court (ICC), but all the EU's member states are signatories and the EU has been one of the ICC's strongest supporters. The EU has given political, financial and technical support to the court,[1] which is also based in its territory (The Hague, the Netherlands). All 27 EU member states are parties to the Rome Statute, which is among the 124 member states.