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DRC to ratify the Rome Statute

2001-12-13, Issue 46

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According to AFP (agence France Presse), the Democratic Republic of Congo is going to ratify the Rome Statute as stated by the Minister of Justice Ngele Masudi on December 6, 2001 in Kinshasa. The Minister of Human Rights , Ntumba Luaba, added, "It is in the best interest of the DRC to ratify the Rome Statute for the ICC not only because it is a victim of an unjustified aggression, but also because it is a State of Law which has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Court."

DRC to ratify the Rome Statute

Dear all,
According to AFP (agence France Presse), the Democratic Republic of
Congo is going to ratify the Rome Statute as stated by the Minister
of Justice Ngele Masudi on December 6, 2001 in Kinshasa.
The Minister of Human Rights , Ntumba Luaba, added, "It is in the
best interest of the DRC to ratify the Rome Statute for the ICC not
only because it is a victim of an unjustified aggression, but also
because it is a State of Law which has accepted the jurisdiction of the
International Court."

Full news below,

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Copyright 2001 Agence France Presse
Agence France Presse
December 5, 2001 Wednesday
SECTION: INFORMATION GENERALES
LENGTH: 398 words
HEADLINE: La RDC va ratifier le statut de la Cour
penale
internationale
DATELINE: KINSHASA, 5 dec
BODY: La Republique democratique du Congo (RDC) va
ratifier le statut de la Cour penale internationale, a
annonce mercredi a Kinshasa le ministre de la Justice
et Garde des Sceaux Ngele Masudi.

La RDC a pris cette decision "parce que la Cour penale
internationale est l'instrument d'une distribution
plus efficace de la justice, d'une lutte accentuee
contre l'impunite et d'un renforcement de l'Etat de
droit protecteur des droits de l'Homme" a explique M.
Ngele.

Le ministre a ouvert mercredi matin un seminaire, qui
durera jusqu'au 8 decembre et va permettre a ses
participants - magistrats, juristes, specialistes du
droit constitutionnel congolais - d'analyser le statut
de la Cour afin d'harmoniser la loi interne congolaise
aux regles qui la regissent. "Ces experts vont
reflechir aux implications constitutionnelles de la
ratification par la Republique democratique du Congo
(RDC) du statut de la Cour penale internationale", a
declare a l'AFP Sylvie Nicole, responsable du
Programme institutionnel du Reseau des citoyens pour
la justice et la democratie (RCN), une ONG belge.

"Il est dans l'interet de la RDC de ratifier le statut
de Rome (ndlr: portant creation de la Cour penale
internationale) parce qu'elle est victime d'une
agression injustifiee mais aussi et surtout parce
qu'elle est un Etat de droit ayant accepte la
competence de la Cour internationale de justice" a
declare pour sa part le ministre des Droits humains du
gouvernement de Joseph Kabila, Ntumba Luaba.

La RDC est "l'un des rares Etats africains a s'etre
dote d'une charte des droits de l'Homme et du peuple
et d'un plan de promotion et de protection des droits
de l'Homme", a-t-il ajoute.

Ratifie deja par 437 pays, le statut de Rome nstituant
la Cour penale internationale doit recueillir la
signature de 60 Etats avant sa mise en application.

Le RCN, qui a apporte son soutien financier et
materiel a l'organisation du seminaire de Kinshasa est
"tres present dans la region des Grands Lacs" a
souligne Sylvie Nicole.

En RDC, l'ONG belge finance la formation parajuriste,
le recyclage du personnel judiciaire et apporte un
appui logistique a la documentation ainsi qu'a
l'impression du bulletin des arrets de la Cour supreme
de justice, grace a un budget de la Cooperation belge,
a ajoute la jeune juriste francaise.

Le RCN assiste enfin le Tribunal penal sur le genocide
au Rwanda.

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