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"This is a very complex issue, which needs to be studied with the utmost seriousness. An international judicial body which prosecutes crimes against humanity must be totally independent, of which there is no guarantee in the case of the ICC, because it is closely tied to the United Nations Security Council. This means that we cannot discount the risk of its being used as a political instrument by the ‘winners’ against the ‘losers’, an instrument of the law of the ‘strongest’. Let us remember the unacceptable example of the ‘ad hoc’ Court established for the former Yugoslavia.
Furthermore, the planned sanctions must not represent a step backwards in relation to the achievements and progress in civilisational terms that have been made, such as, for example, the abolition of life imprisonment, which has long been the case in Portugal.
We would also need to consider whether the ICC is the most effective way of ensuring that the crimes provided for in its status do not go unpunished, and whether the ICC complies with the appropriate rules with regard to the principles of criminal law and the prerogatives of national legal systems in dealing with the same crimes. We feel that this is not the case.
Lastly, I feel bound to criticise the proposal, contained in this resolution, for the revision of the Geneva Conventions on the status of prisoners of war, at a time when we are seeing the USA thoroughly violate these conventions.
Hence my vote against the report."@en1
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