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"Prepcom" (Preparatory Commission) meetings are meetings where the final text of treaties and associated technical issues are negotiated and approved. During the negotiation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) PrepComm meetings were held to decide on the content of the ICC Statute. Further PrepComm's were also held following the Rome Conference to address rules of procedure and evidence, elements of crimes, composition, and technical issues. These documents provide important information on the drafting history of the Rome Statute. One example is the controversy surrounding the inclusion of "forced pregnancy" as a crime against humanity in the ICC Statute.[WHRR users should note the the International Criminal Court page of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice website contains the Causcus' own reports of these PrepComm Meetings, action alerts and the drafts as proposed by the Women's Caucus.]