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The International Criminal Court and the role of Baltasar Garzón LWednesday, May 26, 2010
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ince June 2003 I have the privilege and responsibility to lead the Office of the International Criminal Court. Our mission is to end impunity for crimes again and again said they were not going to repeat, only to see that they were committed over and over again: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The Rome Statute, adopted in 1998, served to create something more than the ICC. Transformed the "never again" in a moral promise a legal duty. States pledged to punish these crimes, agreed that if they did not, another tribunal, the International Criminal Court independent and permanent, could act on their territory with their support. The Court is the most visible part of the network, but its strength lies in the commitment of 111 countries have ratified the Rome Statute and active citizens around the world.
The agreement was signed in Rome on a prospective basis, for crimes committed after 2002. Can not be investigated, therefore, neither the crimes committed under Pinochet's orders l oe id apartheid in South Africa. Colombia is an example of how the new system. The Colombian authorities have pledged to investigate crimes committed on their territory and have been asked repeatedly times to see the efforts. My first duty is not to investigate where national authorities do. Another example is Kenya. Although the Kenyan Parliament failed to reach agreement for national prosecutions of crimes committed after December 2007 elections, the authorities agreed that the Court would open an independent investigation. Each Court case has implications worldwide. Our first trial was against a leader of Congo for using children under 15 as soldiers. And even before the verdict, the case had an impact in Nepal, where more than 3,000 children were demobilized. order also had consequences the arrest of Sudanese President Al Bashir, for crimes against the citizens of Darfur, although it has not yet been executed. The order changed forever on international conflict management. The victims can not be ignored in the table. No more impunity for heads of state who commit massive crimes. Their fate is to face justice. My responsibility in the Hague Tribunal includes building the foundations of an institution that should provide a service of justice throughout the world and for centuries to come. I was appointed by my experience as a deputy prosecutor in the Trial of the Juntas, held in Argentina in 1985, the first trial of the top commanders massive crimes carried out after Nuremberg. That process I trained in how to investigate mass crimes without the help of the police. I also showed how justice can help reconcile a divided society. Before the trial my mom thought I was making a big mistake, he believed that General Videla was equal to his father, my grandfather, who was also general. I could not convince the trial did. Shortly after starting the hearing of witnesses told me: "I still love to Videla, but must be jailed." To carry out my work, I think collaboration to which the world's leading experts: Lord Goldsmith Former Attorney General of the United Kingdom, who reviewed my presentation of the first case, Catherine Mackinnon, who created the concept of gender justice, is my advice in the area, or Mireille Delmas-Marty, of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France . I thank
Spain, which has led the adoption of the Rome Statute, for allowing Baltasar Garzon join from today and for seven months to our team. We are 300 people from 70 different countries. We have to be an efficient and consistent. Garzon will help us to develop some areas of our Operations Manual. His experience in national and international investigations into crimes committed by members of State or criminal organizations will allow us to develop new methods igación invest.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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More on Kagan and their ideas
This time it's a thesis he wrote in 1983! It's about "the exclusionary rule" and relates to their ideas about the link between law and social change.
The work is included in the 6,000 pages of documents Kagan sent to the Senate, that includes 200 pages of answers to questions from Senators, articles, speeches, participation in congresses.
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This time it's a thesis he wrote in 1983! It's about "the exclusionary rule" and relates to their ideas about the link between law and social change.
The work is included in the 6,000 pages of documents Kagan sent to the Senate, that includes 200 pages of answers to questions from Senators, articles, speeches, participation in congresses.
SEE THE PAPER ACA
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