Brussels, 28 October 2024
MEPs will meet with representatives of the International Court of Justice, Eurojust, the International Criminal Court and civil society to discuss the fight against impunity worldwide.
The delegation of six Human Rights subcommittee Members will travel to The Hague on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 October to hold meetings with top International Criminal Court (ICC) and Eurojust officials, International Court of Justice (ICJ) judges, representatives of the civil society and diplomats. Against the background of multiple armed conflicts and violations of international human rights law, they will discuss the international justice architecture, the challenges, growing workload and resource needs in the fight against impunity worldwide and how to provide support and redress to victims.
MEPs will also look into the International Centre for the prosecution of the Crime of Agression against Ukraine (ICPA), a judicial hub embedded in Eurojust to support investigations into the crime of aggression related to the war in Ukraine, and the Genocide Network, enabling cooperation between the national authorities when investigating and prosecuting international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes).
The delegation will be composed of the following Members:
- Mounir Satouri (Greens/EFA, FR), Human Rights subcommittee and delegation Chair;
- Ingeborg Ter Laak (EPP, the Netherlands)
- Francisco Assis (S&D, PT);
- Chloé Ridel (S&D, FR);
- Hana Jalloul Muro (S&D, ES);
- Arkadiusz Mularczyk (ECR, PL).
Background
In its resolution of the 28 February 2024, (annual report 2023 on Human rights and democracy in the world and the EU’s policy on the matter), the European Parliament welcomed the contributions of the ICC to fight impunity around the world. MEPs underlined that EU and its Member States should keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources, and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide.
The adopted text also condemned the attempts to undermine the work of the ICC and its legitimacy, and called for the EU and its Member States to encourage their partners to ratify the Rome Statute and its amendments, and thus expand the Court’s jurisdiction.