ICC Prosecutor visits Colombia

ICC Prosecutor visits Colombia

The Hague, 21 August 2008

In accordance with the Rome Statute, Prosecutor Moreno Ocampo and his team will continue the ongoing examination of the investigations and proceedings in Colombia, focusing particularly on the people who may be considered among those most responsible for crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC. As stated by the Prosecutor during his last visit: “With the International Criminal Court, there is a new law under which impunity is no longer an option. Either the national courts must do it or we will."

The Prosecutor will also seek further information on the investigations and proceedings being conducted in Columbia against soldiers and politicians­ – members of Congress among them – allegedly involved in crimes committed by paramilitaries and guerillas. In this context, he will seek further information on the extradition of 15 former paramilitaries being tried under the Justice and Peace Law to the United States of America in May 2008.

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By romy on Aug 22, 2008, 10:05 in Politics & the war.

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romy says on Aug 22, 2008, 10:07: Columbia... I guess they got it right everywhere else 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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