Does anyone have strategies to encourage more nations to
ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?
What can we as communicators do to ensure that justice is
expedited through the existing international criminal court?
Here's some news that appears encouraging from Human Rights Watch
(hrwatchnyc@igc.org) about the court for those who didn't see it:
MAKING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT A REALITY
On October 3, the Central African Republic became the forty-first country
to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. We are
now over two thirds of the way towards the 60 ratifications required to
make the court a reality. The International Criminal Court will complement
existing national judicial systems. It will be a permanent tribunal that
will investigate and prosecute those individuals accused of crimes against
humanity, genocide, and crimes of war. Establishing the ICC has been a
major institutional push of Human Rights Watch. Most recently, in
September staff attended the 8th ICC Preparatory Commission meeting where
the details of the Court's implementation were worked out. At the meeting
many states reiterated their support for the ICC, and Peru and Switzerland
announced their intention to ratify the Rome Statute soon. On September
25, HRW published "International Criminal Court Work: a Handbook for
Implementing the Rome Statute," which explains the principal obligations
of states parties under the Rome Statute and discusses how to implement it
into national laws. To find out more about the International Criminal
Court visit: http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/icc/
Preventionist Deborah Dupre' Wheeler, MA.ED., ED.SP.
Interventionist - Trainer - Therapist
P.O. Box 690
Port Vila
Republic of Vanuatu
Southwest Pacific
Telephone: (678) 24350
Email: duprevent@sos.com.vu
Web: www.sos.com.vu
--gduprewheeler@vanuatu.com.vu (Gene DUPRE-WHEELER)
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