Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-24-Speech-5-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-04-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Support for the Special Court for Sierra Leone2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090424.7.5-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-04-24-Speech-5-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Corina Crețu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partidul Social Democrat (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". One of the problems affecting justice systems in many countries around the world is not so much the absence of a well-structured legal framework, but more particularly the lack of enforcement of the judgments made by the justice system. In countries afflicted by the scourge of civil war, a permanent state of conflict or massacres, the consequences of this situation are catastrophic from a humanitarian and development perspective. In the case of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, it is all the more important that legal judgments are enforced because this court is establishing a series of important precedents in international law. It is not only the first court of this kind set up in the same country as where the events being tried took place, but it is the first which has indicted and convicted, in the person of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, an African head of state still in office at the time when the trial started. These aspects, combined with the recent conviction of three former rebel leaders from the civil war period, are strong indications of the determination of the international community and Sierra Leone Government to fight hard against the feeling of impunity displayed by those who have committed atrocities for an entire decade. The international community must fully complete the implementation of the project proposed for reinforcing the process of justice and law in Sierra Leone. The Court’s mandate comes to an end soon, in 2010, and the Sierra Leone Government has been totally frank about not being able to ensure that the sentences passed will be enforced. It is vital therefore for the European Union and its international partners involved in the peace process to uphold and support the enforcement of the sentences passed by the Special Court. It is not only the progress towards peace and stability in the region which depends on this, but also the credibility of the Special Courts set up with the support of the international community in other countries."@en1
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