LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEEON CHARTER AND STRENGTHENING OF ORGANIZATION
Press Release
GA/L/2882/
LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEEON CHARTER AND STRENGTHENING OF ORGANIZATION
19951108 Report Recommends Deletion Of `Enemy State' Clauses, Also Study of Sanctions IssueCORRECTION
On page 10 of Press Release GA/L/2882 issued 6 November 1995, the final statement should read:
VENUSTE HABIYAREMYE (Rwanda) said an Ad Hoc Tribunal had been created for his country, for it had been a scene of genocide. The international community could not be complacent about such shameful crimes. It was necessary to prevent and deter large-scale crimes against humanity. The atrocities committed in Rwanda had not been punished one year after the fact, because the Tribunal was still in preparation, which left Rwandans with the impression that nothing had been done. Such a delay would not occur with a permanent international criminal court.
The Ad Hoc Committee had carefully studied the problems arising from the establishment of an international criminal court, he continued. It was wise to survey the few remaining unsolved issues before convening a conference of plenipotentiaries. Genocide, crimes of war, crimes against mankind had been included in the draft statute. Aggression and terrorism could also be included, but only after they had been properly defined.
The effectiveness of the court would depend upon its independence from political influence of States, he said. The primacy of an international court should be preserved with out affecting the effectiveness of national jurisdiction. The principle of complementarity must be clearly defined.
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