Amnesty International and the Representative Office of the International Society for Human Rights in Moldova demands that the Parliament ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court signed by Moldova on September 8, 2000.

According to Amnesty International, even if Moldova assumed obligations, it is not yet a member of the International Criminal Court. Thus, it undermines the universality of this institution and leaves its citizens without additional protection.

Amnesty International Moldova coordinator Veaceslav Balan told a news conference on Thursday that though the Rome Statute has been signed by the Parliament of Moldova, the ratification of the document is evidently and unreasonably postponed.

According to the executive director of Amnesty International Moldova Evghenii Golosceapov, more than a half of the countries of the world have ratified the Rome Statute in the past decade, confirming thus that they are against serious crimes and violations of the human rights and are in favor of universal peace, security and wellbeing.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted on July 17, 1998 and came into force on July 1, 2002. If ratified, the Rome Statute offers additional protection to the citizens, effectively supports the national law enforcement agencies and legal institutions and provides for the punishment of those that commit serious crimes and use torture.//REPORTER.MD




Publication date: 18 July 2008   

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