New York, 22 August, 1995

Statement presented by the Transnational Radical Party about the establishment of a Permanent International Criminal Court for the Chairman of the ad hoc Committee Mr. Adrian Boss.

THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY AND PEACE WITH JUSTICE, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, URGE THE UNITED NATIONS THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE HISTORIC MOMENT IS NOW TO CREATE AN ORGAN FOR WORLD PEACE AND JUSTICE BY CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT

INTERNATIONAL COURT.

After years of suggestions and proposals, in September 1994, The United Nations General Assembly entrusted the International Law Commission with the task of elaborating a draft statute for the establishment of a Permanent International Criminal Court.

Indeed the necessity of the two Ad Hoc Tribunals to address the volatile and tragic situations in Ex Yugoslavia and Rwanda was felt very deeply by the international community. This, however,

was not and is not a solution to acts that have repeated themselves innumerable times throughout history and will certainly find reasons to repeat themselves.

The international community must ask itself :"What is the solution?", "Will in loco Tribunals be sufficient to meet the explosive situations that can allow greedy and delusionary aggressors to perpetrate and incite the perpetration of hideous crimes?"

The Transnational Radical Party and Peace with Justice International believe the only answer is a categorical "NO", wich must be coming in unison from the conscience of all the members of the world community: the powerful as well as the powerless since it is in the degree of elimination of this distinction that is the progress and evolution of civil legal systems.

What purpose has the concept of society if not guarantee those rights that have cost thousands of years and lives to recognize as inalienable?

The Transnational Radical Party and Peace With Justice International, would like to reaffirm its conviction in the international function of a United Nations capable of seizing this ripe moment to bring about the creation of a Permanent International Criminal Court whose mission and authority is to safeguard those inalienable human rights.

We urge, therefore, the United Nations and the Ad Hoc Committee to:

- make the courageous and ethical step in declaring CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE AND AGGRESSION under the

jurisdiction of, and punishable by a duly established Permanent

International Criminal Court,

- bring to fruition the exhausting work of many months of discussion by a mandate to negotiate for the final draft of the Statute,

- maximize their ability for mutual respect and understanding in order to reach a compromise on the diverse and complex juridical, technical and administrative issues that the creation of an ICC

entails,

- accept the generous offer of the Italian Government to host an International Conference as an opportunity to set a realistic but definite date for a culminating conference.

The Transnational Radical Party and Peace With Justice International having worked to promote this project for many years within the world community of people, parliamentarians and governments, recognizes the arduosness of this task, but also, it would like to remind all delegates and their governments of the historic opportunity to offer humanity and especially the weaker and defenseless part of humanity, a bright and permanent ray of hope by establishing an international institution whose universal

acceptance guarantees the deterrence and prosecution of crimes against humanity thus promoting peace and justice for all.