Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-181"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International Criminal Court2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.5.3-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the International Criminal Court has now begun its work. The court deserves support from every state in the world, without exception. People who commit serious war crimes, including rape, must not be able to avoid being brought to justice. The EU wholeheartedly supports the court and gives it its full backing. It is incomprehensible how a democratic country such as the United States can ask for its not to be possible for those of its citizens who are complicit in this type of crime to be held accountable for serious war crimes. If the United States itself were to take legal proceedings against such criminals, that would be in accordance with the International Criminal Court’s charter, and the court would then have no reason to prosecute American citizens. The United States’s action cannot but give the impression, however, that the United States has no intention of taking legal proceedings against its citizens if they are guilty of serious war crimes. That would be devastating, especially for the United States as a community founded on the rule of law. It is, of course, also unacceptable for the United States to blackmail other countries with a view to undermining the International Criminal Court. The United States’s threat to withdraw military or economic aid if a bilateral agreement on impunity is not signed is dictatorial language that must not be accepted. I assume that the Commission and the Council will vigorously oppose this conduct and press for the United States to accept the International Criminal Court as an important legal instrument for combating serious war crimes."@en1

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