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The Vice-President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, Benevolent Stanislas Sankara, pleaded on July 17, 2018, in The Hague, the Netherlands, for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to also know related cases to corruption, "a crime detrimental to the development of States and which keeps people in poverty".
At the helm of the ICC – a time of commemoration for a tribune – the vice-president of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso first reiterated Burkina Faso's commitment to the Rome Statute. 19659003] "At a time when the ICC is the subject of intense criticism, at a time when violent attacks are launched against the Rome Statute, victims expect justice to be done and by joining the ICC, Burkina Faso wants their cries of pain are heard. For Burkina Faso, the Court remains the best instrument to put an end to impunity, "said Sankara.
Emphasizing the ideals of impunity and corruption that have characterized his life, the Vice-President Speaker of the Burkinabe Parliament, former President of the Union for the Renaissance / Party of Sankarism (UNIR / PS) launched: "Because justice is necessary for development, the Court should seize the fight against corruption , a crime detrimental to the development of many of our states and which keeps our people at risk of poverty or misery, "he pleaded.
Me Sankara who was speaking at the ICC headquarters in La Hague On the occasion of commemorative activities of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) recalled some criticisms of the Court and called on its facilitators to be closer to the States
This 20th anniversary of the founding treaty of the ICC was celebrated in the presence of high-level representatives from more than 30 member states, including the Nigerian Head of State Muhammadu Buhari.
Appealing to States that do not have not yet adhered to the Rome Statute to do so in order for the ICC to be a universal tribunal, President Buhari, known as the champion of the fight against corruption in Africa, recalled that "a strong and effective ICC will demonstrate the commitment of the international community to the rule of law. "
As for the ICC Prosecutor, the Gambian Fatou Bensouda, she has, in the light of her practice of the Rome Statute, called the Member States to think about ways to make the Rome Statute system more effective. "As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, we owe it to our children and future generations to support and fully preserve the ever-evolving international criminal justice system, and the ICC as a whole. central pillar. "
The President of the ICC, Nigerian Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, recalled that the Rome Statute had been adopted with the vision of a world in which which atrocities that shock the conscience of humanity would no longer be committed with impunity. He said that the reflections on the 20th anniversary of the treaty should focus on what this new generation will do with the "monumental" legacy bequeathed to it by the "visionaries" who launched the ICC in 1998 by adopting its statutes to Rome, in the Italian capital
"Let us ensure that the allegations of the most serious crimes are met with a solid, fair and impartial judicial response – at the international level as a last resort, when national systems prove to be incapable of give victims their right to justice. Let us not abandon those who have worked so hard to make the Statute of a International Criminal Court a reality "- he pleaded – it is not customary for him – the President of the ICC, Judge Eboe- Osuji.
A court against Africans
This commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the ICC was marked by a symposium in which debates revolved around the rights of victims, the financing of the Court whose budget has stagnated since five years. The ideas received about an ICC that would be turned "only against Africans", or "a justice of the whites" or "winners against the vanquished" was the subject of lively exchanges. It appears that in almost all cases handled by the Court, it is the African States who, on their own initiative, seized the ICC.
The recent release of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the leader of the former Congolese rebel movement of the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) then prosecuted for war crimes committed in the Central African Republic in the early 2000s was the subject of exchanges, each going from his arguments on the decision of the judges of the ICC , who have naturally refrained from publicly returning to the debates that led to this decision.
The fact that certain States, especially those members of the United Nations Security Council such as the United States, Russia or China, from the Court is also debated. One of the judges of the Court noted that, through the Security Council, these States continue to instruct the Court to prosecute citizens of other States while they themselves are not parties to the proceedings. Rome Statute. This, the judge, legitimately feeds the critics against the Court which does its job perfectly.
On the eve of the commemorative solemn commemoration of the Rome Statute, the ICC organized on July 16, 2018, in the premises of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, in The Hague, a fictitious trial in which a young captain is lured to her for war crimes. The young pilot is accused of committing a war crime by conducting an air raid against a defenseless village, reducing him completely to decomposition. It was for the fictitious tribunal to determine whether the junior officer acted under duress, obeying the orders of his superiors, whether he was mentally deficient or mentally deficient at the material time as he claimed and deserved. as such, extenuating circumstances. In fact, the young pilot claims to have acted under the authority of his military commanders, whom he did not like otherwise, and who did it to him, that besides, he had engaged in the army without to know that he would be sent to kill civilians and that he feared the court martial if he disobeyed orders. In the end, the jury composed of ambassadors stationed in The Hague, relaxed the young war pilot. Although it should be noted that the ICC does not have a jury.
The Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was adopted on 17 July 1998 in the Italian capital. Recognized today by 120 countries, the ICC is the first permanent international criminal court created to end the impunity of perpetrators of crimes including genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression
The Rome Statute, the founder of the ICC, also created a Victims Trust Fund with a dual mandate: to implement reparations ordered by the Court and to provide physical, psychological and material rehabilitation. survivors, their families and affected communities. The FPV assists survivors so they can begin the healing process and rebuild their lives, and can promote reconciliation and peace. The Japanese Motoo Noguchi is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund
Romaric Ollo HIEN
Embassy of Burkina Faso in Brussels
Mission to the European Union
Permanent Representation to the ICC
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