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"en.20020228.4.4-092"2
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"We are being asked today to give our opinion on the proposal for the establishment of an international criminal court. The principle of an international court, independent of any State, which is able to judge both States and the torturers of colonial wars, the putschists of Latin America, those guilty of genocide in Rwanda and the Balkans or even the murderers of the Palestinian people, is just. The impunity enjoyed by all of the aforementioned should cease and we support the struggle being led by the democratic and progressive movements on this issue. We should be able to judge the crimes of the past and provide the tools to be able to judge those of the future. It is important that the peoples of the world take up this issue. However, within the current framework, which is hostage to the post-11 September attack on freedom, this court risks becoming, at best, an instrument without power or resources, and, at worst, an institution manipulated by the powerful few, being able to take action against all those who question the established order. This worst case scenario is to be feared because the judges will not be at all independent of the States that appoint them. This is why we will not be voting for this proposal."@en1
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