Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-180"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International Criminal Court2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.5.3-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Brian Crowley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to congratulate the President-in-Office of the Council on his first day and hope his response to us today on the International Criminal Court is a reflection of his future cooperation with this House. A former Nuremberg prosecutor, Benjamin B. Ferencz, said: 'There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law, no meaningful law without a Court to decide what is just and lawful under any given circumstance.' The International Criminal Court affords us the opportunity to ensure that not only captured prisoners or the lowest of the service people involved in conflicts, but also generals and heads of state can be brought to justice for genocide and for crimes against humanity. It is unfortunate that, while so many positive things happened in the latter half of the twentieth century, words such as 'ethnic cleansing' and 'genocide' have come into our normal vocabulary. We must have a proper mechanism in place to ensure that, if a national court is not able or willing to bring a case against somebody who is accused of crimes against humanity, then there must be an international forum to do so. That is why we ascribe and subscribe to the International Criminal Court. However, I would hate it if people – especially the people in the gallery watching us today – went away from this Chamber thinking that this is merely an opportunity for the European Union to bash America. America is wrong in its stance with regard to the International Criminal Court. However, it is entitled to take that stance; it is entitled to put forward its own viewpoint and its own ideas; it is entitled to make new agreements with third countries, if it so wishes. However, those countries will have to deal with the consequences of those negotiations. Finally, we can give leadership, as we already have done, and the best way to do so is by example, not merely by criticising people who do not agree with us."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-09-02--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Crowley (UEN )."1

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