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米、戦争犯罪への免責決議案撤回
米国は国連安保理で、米軍の戦争犯罪への訴追の免除を求める決議案を提出していたが、イラク人捕虜虐待事件によって高まった国際的な反対を受けて、6月23日、これを断念した。
U.S. drops U.N. bid for war crimes shield
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Facing global opposition fueled by the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, the United States on June 23 dropped its attempt to renew a U.N. exemption shielding American troops from international prosecution for war crimes.
While the United States won praise for not pushing for a vote that would have deeply divided the U.N. Security Council, the Bush administration suffered a defeat in its lengthy battle against the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal.
Washington has argued that the international court could be used for frivolous or politically motivated prosecutions of American troops. It had also threatened to end any U.S. involvement in U.N. peacekeeping operations if it did not get an exemption for Americans.
William Pace, head of the Coalition for an International Criminal Court, which represents more than 1,000 organizations supporting the tribunal, called the U.S. decision "a victory for international justice."
The court can prosecute cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed after it was established July 1, 2002 - the culmination of a campaign for a permanent war crimes tribunal that began with the Nuremberg trials after World War II.
But it is a court of last resort and will step in only when countries are unwilling or unable to dispense justice themselves, a condition that makes it highly unlikely that an American would be prosecuted.
Shukan ST: July 2, 2004
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- bid
- 試み
- war crimes shield
- 戦争犯罪からの保護
- fueled by 〜
- 〜によって高まった
- Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal
- イラク人捕虜虐待事件
- exemption
- 免除
- prosecution
- 訴追
- won praise for not pushing for a vote
- 採択を推し進めなかったことを評価された
- U.N. Security Council
- 国連安全保障理事会
- permanent
- 常設の
- tribunal
- 裁判所
- frivolous
- 取るに足らない
- head of the Coalition for an International Criminal Court
- 国際刑事裁判所(ICC)を求めるNGO連合代表
- genocide
- 大量虐殺
- culmination
- 頂点
- Nuremberg trials
- ニュルンベルク裁判(ナチス指導者に対する国際軍事裁判)
- last resort
- 最後の手段
- dispense justice
- 正義を行なう