Referendum on the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001

Polling at the referendum took place on Thursday, 7 June 2001. Referendums on the prohibition of the death penalty (Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2001 and the Treaty of Nice (Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001 also took place on the same day. The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in a leaflet sent to each elector: ‘PINK BALLOT PAPER – THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT THE TWENTY-THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 2001 proposes to amend - “9 The State may ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court done at Rome on the 17th day of July, 1998.”.