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ZAGREB, July 24 (Hina) - The Croatian National Conference for
supporting the International Criminal Tribunal (ICC) on Friday
held a press conference in Zagreb on the occasion of the
establishment of the tribunal and the adoption of its statute.
The Conference signed a final document on ICC's establishment in
Rome on behalf of the Croatian Government.
According to Croatian Foreign Ministry representative Dubravka
Pleic Markovic, a tribunal proceedings code has to be passed within
the next 12 months.
We can expect that following parliamentary ratification from at
least 60 countries the ICC will become operational between 2002 and
2005, she said.
In Rome Croatia advocated that the establishment of a permanent
tribunal should abolish the practice of two parallel judiciary
mechanisms, according to Markovic "one which would cover the former
Yugoslav territory and another for Croatia and all other
countries."
"The essence of our proposal was that the countries should not be
permitted to refuse cooperation with the tribunal by citing
national security as reason", Markovic said, adding this should be
under the competence of either the tribunal or a separate court body
which would be established to that end.
The Croatian delegation, she explained, had mentioned an example
when the Hague war crimes tribunal during a sub poena said Croatia
could not cite national interest and endangered security as reason
for not submitting documents, and demanded that this should extend
to all countries.
Eventually, a stand close to the American one prevailed and it was
diametrically opposite to Croatia's. That is why in the ICC statute
national interests were given priority before cooperation with the
tribunal, said Markovic.
In an attempt to make the ICC comply with its purpose, Amnesty
International (AI) initiated an action immediately after the Rome
conference, AI's secretary in Croatia Edin Tuzlak told reporters.
AI will demand a general ratification of the ICC statute and that
the United Nations Security Council should be prevented from
stopping the launching of investigations and indictments, he
said.
AI will also uncover and demand public international condemnation
of those countries which will use the possibility of discovering
outside the tribunal's jurisdiction crimes committed by their
citizens or which occurred on their territory, Tuzlak said.
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