《参考消息》2006年6月14日第3版:全球审判网络初具规模
《国际先驱论坛报》2006年6月12日文章:一个全球审判网络已经形成并发挥作用
A global web of justice is up and running
Luis Moreno-Ocampo International Herald Tribune
Published: June 12, 2006
THE HAGUE Six children walked down a road in the region of Ituri, in Congo. They were on their way to school when a jeep packed with militiamen sped in front of them. Fighters b______① AK-47s ordered the terrified children into the jeep. They were transported to military training camps and forced to learn to fire machine guns. Three weeks later, the children were in the field, killing and being killed.
Thomas Lubanga, leader of one of Congo's most dangerous militias, allegedly orchestrated[1] crimes like the one described above. In March, the judges of the International Criminal Court i______② an arrest warrant charging Lubanga with conscripting[2] children under 15 as soldiers. A few days later, Lubanga was transferred from Congo to a prison in The Hague.
(1)Lubanga's transfer hints at the promise of a permanent international criminal court rooted in global cooperation. The Nuremberg war crimes trial and the ad hoc[3] tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, p_______③ the way, testing the viability of a criminal justice system without a state apparatus. But the ICC's predecessors were each limited in scope to a particular territory. The ICC's distinct challenge is to function within a worldwide criminal justice system without a world state.
The Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court created a remarkable innovation: an international justice network. The treaty has galvanized[4] 100 countries, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations and other partners.
(2)Countries have the primary responsibility to prevent and punish atrocities in their own territories and to cooperate with the ICC when it decides to take a case. Intervention by the ICC must be exceptional - it will only step in when states fail to genuinely act.
Supported by an evolving network of cooperation, the ICC is investigating three of the world's gravest situations. The Congo case is an e_______④ indication of the potential of the Rome system, while our other two pending[5] cases, Uganda and Darfur, reveal emerging challenges.
Congo referred its own case to the ICC, demonstrating its commitment to cooperating with the court's activities. Lubanga's transfer was the direct result of c________⑤ between the court, the Congolese government, international organizations and ICC member states.
Like Congo, the government of Uganda requested ICC intervention. ________________________(在人民和政府的合作下,我们的调查小组在短短9个月内调查了数千起犯罪案件。). We expect our evidence to show that Joseph Kony and four senior commanders of a militia, the Lord's Resistance Army, perpetrated[6] horrific attacks against people of northern Uganda. For 20 years, the LRA has