EU to Exempt U.S. From War Court
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Tuesday October 01, 2002 09:53
by quaski
is ireland neutral about this too?
October 1, 2002
Europeans to Exempt U.S. From War Court
By PAUL MELLER
RUSSELS, Sept 30 ?The 15 nations of the European Union agreed today to exempt American soldiers and government officials from prosecution for war crimes at the International Criminal Court, an issue that had troubled trans-Atlantic relations for several months.
The compromise, reached at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers, came close to the blanket immunity for American government employees sought by the Bush administration, although European officials emphasized that in their view it did not undermine the court, which the administration has opposed.
"There is no concession," said Per Stig Moller, foreign minister of Denmark, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union. "There is no undermining of the International Criminal Court."
At a briefing in Washington, the State Department spokesman, Richard A. Boucher, said: "We'll study the details of the European Union's decision very closely, and we'll look forward to discussing it in more detail with member states."
more of this at
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/01/international/europe/01EURO.html
Comments (4 of 4)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4The agreed EU position is that individual countries can sign an agreement with the US that they won't extradite US citizens to the ICC if the US agrees to try them at home. It still undermines the ICC of course, but not as blatantly as the US article suggests.
Im pissed off to read this - this is an outrage.
The US talks about terrorism - from whos point of view - they can do anything they want and not even have to take responsibility now.
Were's the accountability now?
as reported the ghoul
on 30th september
said
now Europe must realise that Sadam is a threat.
I wonder who he phones these days
when he wants to talk to Europe.
still
all the numbers are in the echelon box.
little panda bear waned to give you henry kissenger´s mobile number, but then we thought that would mean more money for eircom-
who supported
a coup d´etat
against an elected governement
in
chile
on the
11th of September
1977?
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