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＞人権団体はＩＣＣの弱体化につながると批判している。

おかしいな、ヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチやアムネスティー・インターナショナルなどが含まれるCICC(ＮＧＯ連合）事務局は今日、EUの決定に対する歓迎ステートメントを発表しているんだが・・・。

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From: Adele Waugaman <ciccmedia@i...>
Date: Tue Oct 1, 2002 6:51 am
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: EU Rejects US Bilateral Agreements


Dear all,

Please find below a press release on today's adoption by the EU
Council of a common position rejecting presently drafted US
non-surrender agreements. Feel free to contact me for further info.

Best,
Adele


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EU Council Approves Common Position Rejecting US Bilateral Agreements
Fifteen Member States Articulate Political Benchmarks Regarding
Non-Surrender to the ICC

(New York, September 30, 2002) - NGO members of the Coalition for the
International Criminal Court expressed appreciation for the adoption
today by the General Affairs Council of the European Union (EU) of a
common position regarding US-proposed bilateral agreements providing
exemption from surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC or
Court). The common position, which reaffirms the EU's commitment to
uphold the integrity of the Rome Statute, firmly rejects the
US-proposed agreements as inconsistent with international law,
emphasizes the need to assess existing bilateral agreements to
determine the necessity of additional agreements, and establishes a
'bottom line' set of principles to which each Member State must
adhere in its negotiations of any such arrangement.