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". – Mr President, the Commission notes the various concerns expressed by many honourable Members at the legal implication of the United States decision to deny these detainees prisoner of war status under the Geneva Convention. We have all seen the photographs taken of prisoners detained at the United States military base in Guantanamo and have read reports about their treatment. Despite the uncertainty about their formal status there has been no proof that the prisoners are not being treated humanely.
This has to be the fundamental question. The European Union has a long-standing ongoing dialogue with the United States on human rights issues and in the field of justice and home affairs. In the majority of cases there is agreement between the European Union and the United States. But where we disagree, for example on the death penalty, we put our case and discuss our differences frankly.
I agree with those honourable Members who believe that this issue strengthens the EU's argument in favour of the establishment of an International Criminal Court. We will continue to pursue this line of argument with our United States counterparts. The European Union will continue to monitor the situation in Guantanamo. We will do it carefully and will not hesitate to raise this issue bilaterally with the United States whenever appropriate.
I would like to conclude by repeating what Mr Patten has already said in the Tokyo Conference of donors for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Our main concept is justice for events, and this is the precondition to win peace as well as to win the war."@en1
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