Amnesty International Criticizes Proposed Security Council Role in Adjudicating Crime of Aggression
June 8, 2010 by iccobservers
Amnesty International, 08 June 2010
Amnesty International is today calling on states to reject proposals which could seriously undermine the integrity of the Rome Statute and deeply politicise the International Criminal Court (ICC). The amendments are being considered at the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute which concludes in Kampala this week.
Claudio Cordone, interim Secretary General of Amnesty International, said:
“States must first and foremost ensure that this first Review Conference strengthens the system of international criminal justice. The current negotiations are failing to safeguard the independence of the Court, an independence that was hard fought and won 12 years ago in Rome.”
Delegates appear to be moving towards a compromise that would authorise the United Nations Security Council, a political body, alone to control indefinitely which crimes of aggression the Court could investigate and prosecute.
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Amnesty International Criticizes Proposed Security Council Role in Adjudicating Crime of Aggression
June 8, 2010 by iccobservers
Amnesty International, 08 June 2010
Amnesty International is today calling on states to reject proposals which could seriously undermine the integrity of the Rome Statute and deeply politicise the International Criminal Court (ICC). The amendments are being considered at the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute which concludes in Kampala this week.
Claudio Cordone, interim Secretary General of Amnesty International, said:
“States must first and foremost ensure that this first Review Conference strengthens the system of international criminal justice. The current negotiations are failing to safeguard the independence of the Court, an independence that was hard fought and won 12 years ago in Rome.”
Delegates appear to be moving towards a compromise that would authorise the United Nations Security Council, a political body, alone to control indefinitely which crimes of aggression the Court could investigate and prosecute.
Read Full Amnesty Proposal.
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