{"id":30628,"date":"2016-11-16T12:11:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T11:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/30628-asp-15-five-recommendations-to-strengthen-the-international-criminal-court.html"},"modified":"2016-11-16T12:11:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T11:11:59","slug":"asp-15-five-recommendations-to-strengthen-the-international-criminal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/30628-asp-15-five-recommendations-to-strengthen-the-international-criminal-court.html","title":{"rendered":"ASP 15: Five Recommendations to Strengthen the International Criminal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The Hague) On the occasion of the 15th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the ICC Statute, which takes place in the Hague from 16 to 24 November 2016, FIDH presents its position paper<\/span><\/u><\/a> with five recommendations to the States Parties.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

This session will take place after South Africa, Burundi and Gambia have taken steps to withdraw from the ICC Statute. These withdrawals, as well as other concerns expressed by some African States, will be without doubt intensively discussed at this session. These actions seek to damage the highest level of accountability for the most grave crimes of concern to the international community.
At the same time, many African States Parties have recently made statements affirming their continued support to the Court, including Botswana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. FIDH echoes Tanzania\u2019s call for constructive dialogue rather than withdrawal.<\/p>\n

\"States should resist making compromises in exchange for retaining membership, if those compromises do not fully comply with\u00a0the\u00a0integrity and independence of the\u00a0ICC. States Parties should use every opportunity to defend the integrity of the Rome Statute throughout the ASP\u201d.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Guissou Jahangiri, FIDH Vice President and Director OPEN ASIA-Armanshahr Foundation from Iran\/Afghanistan<\/em><\/div>\n
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During the 15th session of the Assembly, States Parties will tackle issues of ICC\u2019s cooperation with States, ICC complementarity with national proceedings, the Court\u2019s budget and potential amendments to the ICC\u2019s Rules of Procedure and Evidence. With these discussions in mind, FIDH publishes its 5 recommendations to States for this session\u00a0:<\/p>\n