NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE

FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT IN 1998

FOR WAR CRIMINALS TO BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

We, the undersigned:

- whereas the number of unpunished war crimes and crimes against humanity is increasing in a

large number of countries;

- whereas international public opinion has recognised the need to bring the perpetrators of such

crimes to justice;

- whereas there is an urgent need to create an objective and impartial international judicial system

to establish jurisdiction for the rendering of judgements on genocide, war crimes and crimes

against humanity, irrespective of where such crimes are perpetrated, or of the perpetrators;

- whereas considerable progress has been achieved in this regard thanks to the creation of the ad

hoc International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; whereas, however, this

progress has been placed in doubt by the low number of persons pursued and brought to justice;

- whereas on 17 December 1996, the 51st General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a

resolution demanding that the Preparatory Committee should complete its work in order to permit

the convening of a Diplomatic Conference in 1998 for the adoption of a convention to establish

an International Criminal Court;

- whereas despite this positive development, it will be necessary to overcome the strong

opposition of certain States in order to ensure the establishment of an International Criminal

Court;

- whereas the Italian Government has already declared its readiness to host the Diplomatic

Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the inauguration of the Court;

LAUNCH A SOLEMN APPEAL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

THE UNITED NATIONS

- to do everything in their power to ensure that persons pursued for war crimes in the former

Yugoslavia and in Rwanda are arrested and brought to justice

- to renew the mandate of the Preparatory Committee and to convene, in 1998, a Diplomatic

Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the inauguration of an International Criminal Court.

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