UNITED NATIONS

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PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONSIDERS REPORTS OF

WORKING GROUPS

At a brief procedural meeting this afternoon, the Preparatory Committee on

the Establishment of an International Criminal Court took up the reports of

its open-ended working groups on general principles of criminal law;

judicial cooperation and enforcement; penalties; composition and

administration of the court; and procedural questions, fair trial and the

rights of the accused.

The reports are compilations of written and oral proposals presented by

delegations during informal consultations. They are not exhaustive and do

not reflect generally held views nor prejudice the future positions of

delegations.

Committee Chairman Adriaan Bos (Netherlands) said that the reports of the

working groups, together with the court draft statute developed by the

International Law Commission, provided a solid foundation for the next stage of the work of the Preparatory Committee and stressed that all delegations should be involved in future discussions.