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[Previous entry: "The Council of Europe's "Right of Reply" proposal"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "'And now, let me play a little jazz trumpet for y'all...'"] 19 June 2003: "The ICC gets a prosecutor (at last)"
The International Criminal Court has a prosecutor at last. Luis Moreno-Ocampo was sworn in last Monday in The Hague (actually, he took a "solemn undertaking," not an oath, but details). He's going to be busy, since over 200 cases have been referred to the ICC since 01-Jul-2002, and Mr. Moreno is going to have to sift through them with his staff and decide which can and should be prosecuted and which shouldn't. Allow me to express the hope that this does not become an annual routine.Annan commented that this practice might be interpreted as a sign that the Council wishes to claim absolute and permanent immunity for people serving in the operations it establishes or authorizes, which could hurt the legitimacy of UN peacekeeping. He's got a point; this measure is an ungainly stop-gap which is threatening to become a permanent fixture. |
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