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Posted on 07/01/2002 3:37:48 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Q: What can the United States do to protect citizens from a court that has entered into force?
A: Washington is trying to create havens of protection for U.S. service members one legal agreement at a time. At the United Nations, diplomats are trying
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Where will the Court be located?
The Court will be set up in the Hague, the Netherlands, which has been actively engaged in physical preparations for the Court's establishment. It has selected an appropriate site and initiated an international architectural competition for the design of the Court building. The new building, which will comprise 30,000 square metres, is expected to be completed by 2007. Until that time, the Court will be located in premises across the street from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Who is going to pay for the Court?
The International Criminal Court is a separate entity from the United Nations. According to the Statute, its expenses shall be funded by assessed contributions made by States Parties and by voluntary contributions from Governments, international organizations, individuals, corporations and other entities. In special circumstances funds could be provided by the UN, subject to the approval of the General Assembly, when they relate to expenses incurred due to "situations" referred to the Court by the Security Council. The contributions of the States Parties will be assessed based on the scale adopted by the United Nations for its regular budget, but any States that wish to do so may voluntarily contribute additional funds. The Netherlands, the host country for the Court, has expressed its willingness to contribute funds for the first meetings of the Assembly of States Parties.
90,000 square feet and a tin cup out for anyone to contribute?
Your math is off. This is closer to 300,000 sf. It's square area, not linear length.
2007!? I helped engineer a similarly sized 6-story office building in the mid-80's. It was a fast track deal, and we put it up, including interior construction and furniture, in about 16 months. While I'm sure that this ICC building is more heavy duty / institutional construction (though the office building referenced was pretty nice, not a "cheapie"), I can't imagine why it should take 5 years to construct, other than the fact that way too much government and bureaucracy are involved.
Shades of selective enforcement, hmmm?
Posted on 7/2/02 6:07 AM Pacific by madfly
(WASHINGTON--JULY 1, 2002)
Today, U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), chairman of the House Committee on International Relations, made the following statement regarding consideration by the United Nations Security Council of options for renewing the mandate for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia:
"I commend the Bush Administration for its dogged efforts in the United Nations Security Council to defend American sovereignty.
No one should expect the United States to deploy its Armed Forces around the world on humanitarian missions on behalf of the United Nations if those forces are to be exposed to prosecution by a United Nations court whose jurisdiction we reject. Other countries can ask us to send our Armed Forces on such missions, as we have done in Bosnia. Or they can insist on the purported right of the International Criminal Court to prosecute United Nations peacekeepers in places like Bosnia. But it is arrogant for anyone to suggest that we must simultaneously keep our Armed Forces in places like Bosnia and acquiesce in United Nations claims of criminal jurisdiction over them.
I find it bizarre that some countries appear to be more interested in exercising criminal jurisdiction over Americans than they are in enhancing the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping efforts around the world.
I am particularly puzzled by the claim that granting immunity from the International Criminal Court to United Nations peacekeepers will somehow provide comfort to rogue regimes. The solution to this problem, if it is a problem, is to prevent rogue regimes from participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations. It is not to treat all participants in United Nations operations as if they were rogue regimes."
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