7 Amendments of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD related to 2008/2336(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the continuation of the vigorous efforts on the part of the Council and the CommissionCalls on the Council and the Commission to continue their vigorous efforts to promote universal ratification of the Rome Statute and the adoption of the requisite national implementing legislation, in conformity with Council Common Position 1 2 2003/444/CFSP of 16 June 2003 on the OJ L 150, 18.6.2003, p. 67. OJ L 150, 18.6.2003, p. 67. International Criminal Court1 and the 2004 Action Plan; asks all EU Presidencies to mention the status to follow-up ofn the ICC cooperation in all summits with third countriesCommon Position; requests that such efforts be extended to include ratification and implementation of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the ICC, which is an important operational tool for the ICC;. welcomes the fact that the ratifications of the Rome Statute by Madagascar, Cook Islands and Suriname in 2008 brought the total number of States Parties to 108 in July 2008; demands that the Czech Republic, as the only remaining EU Member State not to have ratified the Rome Statute, finally do so without further delay2; urges Romania to rescind its Bilateral Immunity Agreement with the United States;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges all Member States to collaborate fully in international criminal justice mechanisms, and especially in bringing fugitives to justice; in this regard, notes with satisfaction the cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba in 2008 and his transfer to the ICC, as well as in the transfer of Thomas Lubanga, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo to the ICC, the cooperation of Serbia in the arrest and transfer of Radovan Karadžić to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the cooperation of Sudan in the arrest of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman; however, notes with concern the persistent failure of Sudan to cooperate with the ICC by arresting and transferring Ahmad Muhammad Harun; notes with concern that the ICC warrants for the arrest of four members of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda have still not been executed; also notes with concern that Ratko MlWelcomes the cooperation of Serbia in the arrest and transfer of Radovan Karadžić to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); notes with concern that Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić remains at large and hasve not been brought before the ICTY; in this regard, calls on the Serbian authorities to ensure full cooperation with the ICTY, which should lead to the arrest and transfer of all remaining indictees, in order to open the way to the ratification of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Welcomes the opening of the first ever trial at the ICC and notes that it represents the first trial in the history of international criminal law to see the active participation of victims in the proceedings; in that context, urges the ICC to intensify its outreach efforts with a view to engaging communities in countries in crisis situations in a process of constructive interaction with the ICC, designed to promote understanding and support for its mandate, to manage expectations and to enable those communities to follow and understand the international criminal justice process; welcomes the cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the transfer of Thomas Lubanga, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo to the ICC; however, deplores the fact that the ICC warrant for the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda has not yet been executed, and calls on the upcoming meetings of the General Affairs and External Relations Council to demand the immediate arrest and surrender of Bosco Ntaganda to the ICC; notes with concern that the already volatile situation in the DRC has recently been further destabilised by new attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which brutally massacred at least 620 civilians and abducted more than 160 children between 24 December 2008 and 13 January 2009 in northern DRC; therefore emphasises the need to arrest LRA commanders as a matter of urgency, as demanded in Parliament's resolution of 21 October 2008 on the indictment and bringing to trial of Joseph Kony at the International criminal Court1;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Notes with satisfaction the first promising statements on the ICC by the new US administration, acknowledging that the ICC “looks to become an important and credible instrument for trying to hold accountable the senior leadership responsible for atrocities committed in the Congo, Uganda, and Darfur”2, and calls on the USA to reinstate its signature and further engage with the ICC, especially by cooperating in situations which are the subject of an ICC investigation or preliminary analysis;