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"en.20030904.5.4-270"2
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The British Conservative delegation is strongly supportive of human rights, properly defined, and welcomed much of the content of the report, in particular the call for more effective and consistent action in respect of countries such as Zimbabwe. However, we abstained in the face of omissions and many unhelpful elements, for example:
· the report (with the exception of the explanatory statement) makes no mention of the need for good governance or of the fact that corrupt governments in failed states are often the prime source of human rights abuse;
· while we strongly support a ban on the horrendous exploitation and abuse of children as child soldiers, we cannot support a ban on the recruitment of soldiers aged under 18 in our own countries (paragraph 183);
· many of our members support the death penalty in certain circumstances and in any case regard the issue as a matter of conscience (paragraphs 164-170);
· we do not agree with the report’s criticism of US policy towards the International Criminal Court, neither do we share the report’s enthusiasm for the Court which might so easily become a political instrument, render our own government and military personnel vulnerable to mischievous action, and whose jurisdiction over real human rights abusers such as terrorists is unclear (paragraphs 155-160);"@en1
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