6 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2011/2109(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Rome Statute of the ICC makes a decisive contribution to the upholding of human rights, and to international law and to the fight againstby combating impunity, playing a crucial deterrent role and sending a clear signal that impunity for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes will not be tolerated,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Confirms at the same time the priority of the jurisdiction of national criminal courts enshrined in the Rome Statute; is fully committed to ensuring that all States Parties to the Statute enhance their ability to prosecute the most serious violations of international law in their own countries or are enabled to do so through international and regional support and cooperation;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption at the Kampala Review Conference of amendments to the Rome Statute relating to the crime of aggression and calls on all the EU Member States to ratify them and integrate them into their national legislation; recommends in this connection that, in the interests of safeguarding and strengthening the universality of the Rome Statute, efforts should be made to achieve a more far- reaching definition by joint agreement of the relevant offences and that the margin for discretion that currently exists in clearly establishing an act of aggression in breach of international law should be sharply circumscribed;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the African States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC to ensure an increase, rather than a decrease, in African Union (AU) support for the task of holdpunishing the core crimes enshrined in the Rome Statute in national courts or ing the world’s worst offenders to account; ICC as court of the last instance; takes the view in this connection that the basis of consensus between the States Parties, on which the ICC is based, can be strengthened if the principle of universality is developed, not only in terms of the number of States Parties and the list of punishable offenses, but also in terms of the circle of offenders who may be indicted, but that this will require a political reassessment of thresholds;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the EEAS and the diplomatic services of the EU Member States to systematically monitor the impact ofapply in a systematic and targeted manner the diplomatic tools used by them both to raise support for the ICC and to promote wider ratification of the Rome Statute; notes that these tools include, inter alia, démarches, political declarations, statements, and ICC clauses in agreements with third countries, as well as political and human rights dialogues and that, as and when necessary, appropriate action should be taken based on the results of such impact assessmenevaluation of results;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU leaders to liaise with the keyall states that have not yet become party to the Rome Statute, particularly those that arso as to persuade them to become States Parties, and in so doing the emphasis should be particularly on the permanent members of the UN Security Council (i.e. Russia, China and the United States), to encourage them to do sohe non-permanent members of the UN Security Council and states possessing nuclear weapons;