Bring to justice war criminals now and forever

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: NOW IS THE TIME

International Herald Tribune, October 28, 1996 (Advertisment)

A permanent ICC is the only real deterrent to crimes against humanity, war crimes, aggression and genocide

We, the undersigned, Parliamentarians around the world

LAUNCH A SOLEMN APPEAL

that, barring any obstacles, the UN General Assembly during its 51st session, renew the mandate of the Preparatory Committee and take the decision to convene a founding Plenipotentiary Conference for the institution of an International Criminal Court by the end of 1998

At the moment over 600 parliamentarians have signed the appeal and many more signatures are arriving.

* European Parliament

A. ANDRE-LEONARD, C. AUGIAS, M. BALDI, V. BALDINI, R. BARZANTI, F. BENNASAR TOUS, G.P. BONIPERTI, R. BONTEMPI, E. CACCAVALE, B. CASTAGNEDE (ERA), P. CASTAGNETTI, M. DARY (ERA), R.M. DA SILVA VIEIRA (EPU), G. DEPREZ, B. DE GIOVANNI, G. DELL'ALBA (ERA), S. DE LUCA, G. DE VRIES (ELDR), O. DUPUIS, (ARE), M. ELLIOT (ESP), W. EWING (ERA), R. FASSA (ELDR), F. FERNANDEZ-MARTIN, C. FERRER I CASALS, L.A. FLORIO, J.G. FORD (ESP), A. FOUQUE (PSE), R. GAROSCI, F. GHILARDOTTI, A. GOMOLKA, M. GREDLER, H. HAUTALA, F. HERMAN, U. HOLM, J.J. IMAZ, W. KREISSL-DÖRFLER, J. LARIVE, K.-H. LEHNE, G. LEOPARDI, M. LINDEPERG, M. LINDHOLM, N. MAMERE, T. MANN, E. MARINUCCI, P. McKENNA, J.M. MENDILUCE, R. MEZZAROMA, J. MOORHOUSE, L. MORETTI, C. MUSCARDINI, R. NENCINI, K.E. OLSSON, L. ORLANDO, M. PANNELLA, P. PRADIER, V. REDING, C. RIPA DI MEANA, C. ROBLES-PIQUER, R.M. ROSADO FERNANDES, A. SAINJON, D. SAINT-PIERRE, U. SANBAEK, I. SANCHEZ-GARCIA, G. SANTINI, I. SCHÖRTING, M. SORNOSA MARTINEZ, A. SPAAK, B. STASI, K. STEWART, J. STEVENS, A. T

AJANI, B. TAPIE, M. TAPPIN, C. TAUBIRA-DELANNON, K. TOIVONEN, J. VALLVE, N. VAN DIJK, H. VAZ DA SILVA, L. VECCHI, G. WATSON, F. WIJSENBEEK;

* Albania

B. AGASI, T. AJAZI, G. APOSTOLI, I. BACI, S. BALLA, S. BEJKO, B. BREGU, N. CELA, M. CELIKU, F. CEPELE, M. DERGUTI, A. ELMAZI, K. GINA, M. HOTI, S. HOXHA, S. JAKU, D. KACAJ, B. KOCI, H. KRUJA, H. LALAJ, G. LULI, P. MAJKO, K. MAKARIADHI, P. MALAJ, A. MECAJ, S. MEMIAJ, A. PALOKA, L. PERPALI, S. PUTA, V. SAZANI, I. SHEHU, L. SKUQI, A. SULA, T. UJKA, M. ZEQO, M. ZHEGA, A. ZYBERI;

* Austria

R. ANSCHOBER, H.P. HASELSTEINER, K. MOTTER, G. OBERHAIDINGER, K. OELLINGER, H. PETER, M. PETROVIC, T. STOISITS, A. WABL;

* Azerbaijan

E. ABASOV, F. AGAMALIEV, D. AHMEDOV, N. ALEKPEROV, S. ALESKEROVA, G. ALIEV, S. ALIEV, C. ALIEVA, A. ASADOV, S. ASKEROV, T. BUNIJATOV, Z. DULJJAMALIEVA, G. DZHAFAROV, S. EJJUBOV, Z. GARALOV, F. GEJDAROV, H. GORDZHJAEV, N. GULIEV, M. GUSEJNOV, S. GUSEJNOV, T. IBRAGIMLI, E. IBRAGIMOV, I. ISMAILOV, I. KAFAROV, E. KAGRAMANOV, A. KERIMOV, E. KISUMOVA, A. MAMEDHANOV, D. MAMEDOV, M. MAMEDOV, M. MUSAEV, B. MUSIEV, M. MUTILLIMOV, A. NAZYEV, S. NOVRUZOV, H. RADZHABOV, A. RAGIM-ZADE, N. RASULOV, J. RZAEV, F. SADYHOV, E. SAFAROV, S. SAFAROV, A. SHIHBAZOV;

* Bangladesh

D. SHAMBU;

* Belarus

O. ABRAMOVA, M. AFANASJEV, A. DOBROVOLJSKIJ, M. GIRUTJ, A. KRASUTSKIJ;

* Belgium

R. BIEFNOT, P. CHARDIER, G. CLERFAYT, C. CORNET D'ELZIUS, A. DESTEXHE, P. JONCKHEER, F. LOZIE, P. MAHOUX, J. MILQUET, P. MORIAU, J. SANTKIN, L. TOUSSAINT, D. VANDENBOSSCHE, P. VAN GREMBERGEN, L. VANOOST;

* Belize

E. ARAGON, J.M. DEGBE;

* Benin

S. MUSA;

* Bolivia

G. CAPRA;

* Bulgaria

I. ATANASSOV, U. ATILLA, P. BOKOV, S. GAYTANDZHIEV, N. HRISTOV, E. KAPUDALIEV, N. KISSYOV, C. KIURANOV, G. MALEV, D. MIHAILOV, Y. MINKOV, K. MOMCHEV, A. MOZER, L. NACHEV, N. NALBANTOV, R. OSMAN, E. POPTODOROVA, M. RADEV, P. SHOPOV, S. STOYANOV, G. TAHIR, I. TATARLI, I. TRAIKOV;

* Cambodia

S. KEM, C. SON, S. SON;

* Canada

J. ENGLISH;

* Chile

J. NARANJO ORTIZ, A.J. PALMA IRARRAZAVAL, J. ROCHA MANRIQUE;

* Côte d'Ivoire

N.D. BAUDOUHAT;

* Croatia

D. ADLESIC, M. ARLOVIC, S. BIGA-FRIGANOVIC, M. BUTKOVIC, P. CIMBELIC, B. FRANUSIC, T. GANZA-ARAS, V. GOTOVAC, I. HERAK, M. IVANOVIC, M. JURJEVIC, I. KOLAR, Z. KRAMARIC, M. LAPAINE, B. LEVACIC, J. PANKRETIC, V. PRIMORAC, J. RADUS, S. RODES, Z. TOMAC, A. TUKIC, I. TRETINJAK, A. VUJIC, P. ZITNIK;

* Cyprus

M. KYPRIANOU;

* Czech Republic

J. BASTA, R. SPACEK, Z. TROJAN;

* El Salvador

S. AGUINTADA C., F. BLANCO, E.A. DIAZ ALVAREZ;

* Finland

E. BLAUDET, K. BREMER, G. JANSSON, K. KILJUNEN, R. TIILKAINEN;

* France

N. ABOUT, J.-M. BAYLET, M. BEN GUIGA, M. BERGE-LAVIGNE, J. BESSON, Y. BONNOT, M.-P. CLEACH, Y. COLLIN, L. COLOMBANI, R. DESIRE, P. DEVEDJIAN, J. DUSSEAU, R. FAUCHOIT, G. FERRARI, J. FLOCH, S. FRANCHIS, J.-P. FUCHS, P. GASCHER, Y. GAILLARD, P. GELARD, P. HELLIER, M. HUNAULT, J. JUVENTIN, J.Y. LE DEAUT, J.-F. LE GRAND, J.-C. LENOIR, F. LESEIN, G. MAZARS, G. MESMIN, P. MICAUX, E. MOUTOUSSAMY, J.-C. PAIX, P. PASCALLON, D. PENNEC, D. POURTAUD, R. REGNAULT, F. SERUSCLAT, H. WEBER, J.-J. WEBER;

* Georgia

Z. AKHMETELI, E. ASTEMIROVA, I. BATIASHVILI, A. FENDERAVA, E. GVAZAVA, G. PATSATSIA, A. TSOTSONAVA;

* Germany

H. ALM-MERK, P. ALTMAIER, M. BECK, A. BEER, E. BRECHT, M. GANSEFORTH, R. HEMKER, V. KRÖNING, K. MÜLLER, L. NABHOLZ, W. NACHTWEL, G. PFENNIG, K. REHBOCK-ZUREICH, R. RENNBACH, H. SAIBOLD, H. SCHERF, U. SCHMIDT, R. SCHWANITZ;

* Guatemala

J.C. ACEVEDO HRDLITSCHKA;

* Hungary

B.V. BERNATH, I. BERREGI, Z. ROCKENBAUER, O. SANDORFFY;

* Ireland

T. BROUGHAM, J. CONNOR, T. ENRIGHT, M. FLAHERTY, T. GREGORY, A. REYNOLDS, A. SHATTER, E. WALSH;

* Israel

H. HASAN, R. COEN;

* Italy

A.V. ALBANESE, F. ALOI, G. AMATO, P. ARMAROLI, F. ASCIUTTI, L. BAGLIANI, E. BALLAMAN, F. BESOSTRI, V. BIELLI, A. BIONDI, C. BIZZI, M. BOATO, S. BOCO, R. BOSCO, F. BOSI, G. BRIENZA, E. BUCCIERO, G. CALDERISI, F. CALZAVARA, L. CARUSO, E. CAVALIERE, P. CENTO, U. CHINCARINI, G. CONSO, D. CONTESTABILE, F. CORTIANA, D. DE ANNA, A. DE LUCA, G. DETOMAS, A. DI LUCA, M. D'URSO, F. EVANGELISTI, M. FABRIS, R. FAUSTINELLI, S. FEI, R. FONTAN, F. FRATTINI, G. FRIGATO, C. FRIGERIO, F. GAMBATO, G. GARDIOL, C.A. GIOVANARDI, G. GIULIETTI, T. GRIMALDI, R. INNOCENTI, F. IZZO, E. LA LOGGIA, R. LAVAGNINI, S. LIOTTA, C. MANCINA, L. MANCONI, A. MARTINO, D. MASELLI, A. MASULLO, A. MATACENA, R. MEDURI, G. MELANDRI, A. MICHELINI, G. MOLINARI, A. MONTELEONE, E. NAN, A. NAPOLI, M. OSTILLIO, G. PACE, G. PAGLIARINI, A. PASQUALI, S. PETTINATO, M. PIERONI, R. PISCITELLO, G. PISTONE, D. PITTINO, A. PROCACCI, G. REBUFFA, C. ROCCHI, F. RODEGHIERO, P. ROMANI, D. ROMANO-CARRATELLI, R. ROSSO, R. RUSSO JERVOLINO, A. SANTORI, E. SAVARESE, D. SCANTAB

URLO, R. SCHIFANI, S. SCHMID, M. SCOCA, F. SCOPELLITI, G. SERVODIO, V. SGARBI, S. SIGNORINI, V. SINISCALCHI, A. SODA, F.E. SPERONI, S.A. STANZANI-GHEDINI, G. STUCCHI, M.A. TABORELLI, G. TERRACINI, M. TONIOLLI, R. TORTOLI, M. TREMAGLIA, S. TURRONI, R. VALENSISE, M.P. VALETTO BITELLI, L. VASCOM, A. VIGNERI;

* Kenya

P. NDWIGA, P. MUITE;

* Kiribati

J. MATAKITE;

* Kosova

X. AHMETI, M. AVDULI, A. BAJRI, R. BUJA, R. DHOMI, R. GJERGJI, S. HAMITI, G. KOCI, B. MUSMURATI, A. NOKAJ, A. PACOLI, Z. PAJAZITI, A. RAMAJ, F. SEJDIU, E. SHUKRIU, E. TAHIRI, M. TERMOKOLLI;

* Lebanon

I. NAAMAN, S.S. SALAAM;

* Luxembourg

E. BERGER, L. ERR, N. ESTGEN, F. KUFFER, R. MEHLEN;

* Macedonia

R. OSMANI, H. SHAQIRI, A. XHAFERI;

* Malta

M. ASIAK;

* Moldova

I. DEDIU, M. GHIMPU;

* Netherland

O. CHERIBI, W. DE BOER, J. HOEKEMA, E. JURGENS, T. PITSTRA, J.P. REHWINKEL, C. SCHOONDERGANG-HORIKX, E. TUINSTRA, R. VAN BOXTEL, T. VAN DEN DOEL, J. VAN WALSEM, J.W. VAN WANIG, A. ZVERVER;

* New Zealand

P. GOFF, D.R. LANGE;

* Nicaragua

A.A. MENDIETA SANCHEZ;

* Norway

K.M. BONDEVIK, E. SOLHEIM;

* Philippines

L. LAUREL-TRINIDAD;

* Peru

E. GAMARRA OLIVARES;

* Portugal

R.M. ALBERNAZ, J. STRCHT RIBEIRO;

* Romania

D. CALANCE, C. IVANCIOC, N. LAZAR, M. MOLDOVANU, C. MONORANU, V. NISTOR, P. PETRE;

* Russian Federation

V. BASHMACHNIKOV, O. BEKLEMISHCHEVA, G. BENOV, V. BORSHCHEV, S. BOSHOLOV, E. BUCHENKOV, E. BATINA, N. DANILOVA, T. GDLJAN, M. GLUBOKOVSKIJ, A. GOLOV, S. GRUSCAK, V. IGRUNOV, S. KOVALEV, A. JANKOVSKI, I. KHAKAMADA, S. KALASHNIKOV, S. KOVALEV, J. LOZINSKAJA, V. MEDIKOV, B. MISNIK, S. MITROKHIN, S. NAJCHUKOVA, J. NESTEROV, V. NIKITIN, E. PAMFILOVA, A. PARADIZ, J. PARSHAKOV, V. POHMELKIN, S. POPOV, J. RYBAKOV, G. SADCHIKOV, J. SEVENARD, V. SHEJNIS, A. SHISHLOV, V. SOHOV, N. STOLJAROV, S. SULAKSHIN, R. SULTANOV, J. TEN, A. TJAGUNOV, A. TURUSIN, G. ULJABASHEV, V. UTKIN, V. ZELENIN, S. ZUBAKIN;

* Slovakia

M. DURISINOVA, E. KUKAN, G. PALACKA;

* Slovenia

R. BATTELLI, F. CERNELIC, B. ERZEN, I. HVALICA, J. JANCAR, J. KOPAC, L. KREFT, A. LENARCIC, M. LOGAR, M. MOZETIC, I. OMAN, M. PAVLIKA, V. POTOCNIK, J. PREDAN, Z. PREGELJ, J. PRIMOZIC, V. PUKL, M. SETINC, J. STURM-KOCJAN, F. ZAGOZEN;

* Sweden

B. HURTIG, P. LÖV;

* Switzerland

P. AGUET, R. BAUMANN, S. BAUMANN, F. BUGNON, M. BUNDI, N. DE DARDEL, A. FANKHAUSER, F. LOEB, G.-R. PLATTNER, R. RHINOW, M.F. SUTER, P. VOLLMER, R. WIEDERKEHR, J. ZIEGLER;

* Togo

K. KPEGBA-DZOTSI;

* Tunisia

M.H. KHELIL;

* Ukraine

V.R. BUBLIKOV, Y. ILIASEVYCH, J. KARMAZIN, I. KORSHYNSKYJ, B. KOZHYN, T. KYJAK, E. LUPAKOV, G. MANCHULENKO, J. SHERENIN, G. STAROVOJTOVA, A.A. STAVITSKIY;

* United Kingdom

D. ALTON, Lord E. AVEBURY, G. BERMINGHAM, A. CARLILE, A. CLWYD, M. CONNARTY, Sir D.R. JOHNSTON, I.W. JONES, Plaid CYMRU, A. MEALE, A. MITCHELL, A. SIMPSON, P. TYLER;

* Uruguay

G. STIRLING;

* Venezuela

J. CASTILLO.

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"Civilization asks whether law is so laggard as to be utterly helpless to deal with crimes of this magnitude by criminals of this order of importance. It does not expect that you can make war impossible. It does expect that your juridical action will put the forces of International Law, its precepts, its prohibitions, and, most of all, its sanctions, on the side of peace, so that men and women of good will, in all countries, may have leave to live by no man's leave, underneath the law."

These are the words of the chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson in his opening speech at the Nuremburg Trials, in 1945. Fifty years later, after the worldwide proliferation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the international community has finally achieved enough momentum in the establishment process of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), that the actual creation of this institution has become a reality.

In 1989, at Trinidad and Tobago's request, the United Nations once again turned their attention towards the creation of this court. Public outrage at the horrors committed both in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda triggered the creation of the ad-hoc tribunals.

From the beginning, the Transnational Radical Party and No Peace Without Justice have played a leading role in promoting the establishment of the ad hoc tribunals as well as the ICC, together with other NGOs committed to these causes.

In August of this year, after the great deal of work and progress made by the Preparatory Committee at the United Nations discussing the ICC, a definite date for the convening of a Diplomatic Conference to finalize a treaty for such a court was finally proposed: 1998.

We call on all parliaments and governments to show their commitment to the furtherance of world peace by voicing their support for this 1998 date at the 51st session of the General Assembly.

With the establishment of this court, the world will create a powerful deterrent to the horrors and atrocities that threaten mankind and will strengthen the foundations of peace and justice for the generations to come.

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SPEAKING WITH JUST ONE VOICE

For the fourth time in the past two years, the Plenary Session of the European Parliament calls for the establishment of the ICC and has voted a resolution that urges Europe to reach a common position.

The European Parliament,

1. Calls on the Council and the Member States to reach a common position as soon as possible on the need to establish the Permanent International Criminal Court, and to act in concert at the 51st General Assembly of the UN to ensure that it renews the mandate of the Preparatory Committee and takes the decision to convene a plenipotentiary diplomatic conference to establish a Permanent International Criminal Court before the end of 1998;

2. Calls, therefore, on the Irish Presidency and the Commission to do all within their power to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice on this important issue.

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THE ACP-EU EQUALITY ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR THE ICC

An important resolution, following the NPWJ and TRP's appeal, has been voted for the establishment of the International Court for 1998.

ACP Countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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"No Peace Without Justice" is an international committee of parliamentarians, mayors and citizens founded in 1994 in order to support the creation of a new international justice.

The Goals of the committee are:

* The creation of a new international system of guarantees and jurisdiction;

* The reform and development of international organizations at both the regional and global level;

* The institution, by the U.N. General Assembly, of a Permanent International Court and the calling of an international plenipotentiary conference sponsored by the UN, to finalize a treaty for such a court;

* Promoting public support for financing and adopting the national legislations for the ad hoc Tribunals in the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda;

* Controlling the application of human rights within the national legislation of Member States to the UN Charter.

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The Transnational Radical Party (TRP) is a non-governmental organization with consultative status (Category 1) with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.

The TRP is a cross-party international organization; it does not run for national political elections. It is a Gandhian nonviolent organization that promotes international political campaigns concerning:

- the respect of Human Rights, particularly in non-democratic countries as well as the promotion of democracy and freedom all over the world, notably in China and Tibet;

- the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court and the support of the ad hoc tribunals (ICTFY and ICTR);

- anti-prohibitionist policies on drugs - against the narco-mafias' illicit trafficking;

- the abolishment of capital punishment all over the world;

- the right to language, promoting the use of the international language (e.g. Esperanto) as the auxiliary language of international institutions and organizations;

- a democratic reform of the United Nations.

This campaign is not over. This campaign is very expensive, and will cost even more. In order to continue our progress to support the ICC and all our campaigns, we need your commitment and your contributions.

You can help us by joining the Transnational Radical Party or by sending your contribution. For more information: TRP c/o European Parliament - Rem 5.08 - Rue Belliard 97 - 1047 Bruxelles - Tel. +32-2-230.41.21 - 284.71.98

Fax +32-2-230.36.70 - 284.91.98 - E-Mail Pr.Bruxelles@agora.stm.it

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