Bahamas y Grenada

La Coalici�n por la Corte Penal Internacional (CCPI) les solicita a Bahamas y Granada realizar todas las acciones necesarias para ratificar y adherir, respectivamente, al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional (ICC).

Los Estados del Caribe desempe�aron un rol central en la creaci�n y establecimiento de la CPI. En 1989, durante la 44� Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, Trinidad y Tobago present� la tem�tica del establecimiento de una corte penal internacional para su consideraci�n en la Asamblea. Esta moci�n � que reuni� el apoyo de varios Estados, entre ellos todos los Estados del CARICOM � result� finalmente en una resoluci�n consensuada que pidi� por la creaci�n de una corte penal internacional.

Hasta el momento, 114 Estados han ratificado o adherido al sistema del Estatuto de Roma y s�lo 4 Estados del CARICOM han ratificado el Estatuto: las Bahamas, Granada, Jamaica y Hait�.

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Escribe una carta a los Primeros Ministros de Bahamas y Granada para alentarlos a ratificar el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI).

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Bahamas:
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. HUBERT INGRAHAM
Prime Minister
The Office of The Prime Minister
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre
Cable Beach
P. O. Box N 3217
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas
Fax: 242 - 327-5806

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. BRENT SYMONETTE
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Goodmans Bay Corporate Center, West Bay St.
P. O. Box N 3746
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas
Fax: 242 - 328-8212/326-2123

HER EXCELLENCY AMB. PAULETTE A. BETHEL
Permanent Representative to the UN
231 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Fax: (212) 759.2135

HIS EXCELLENCY, THE HON. JOHN K. F. DELANEY Q.C.
Attorney General
Attorney General�s Chambers East Hill Street
(Post Office Building)
P.O. Box N-3007
Nassau, The Bahamas
Fax: 242- 322-7111

Your Excellency:

I am writing to urge you to ensure The Bahamas� prompt ratification of the Rome Statute. The Caribbean region has been instrumental in the establishment and development of the Court. As you may recall, in 1989, during the United Nations� 44th General Assembly, Trinidad and Tobago submitted an agenda item on the establishment of an international criminal court for the Assembly�s consideration. This motion � which gained the support of a number of states, including all CARCIOM member states � ultimately resulted in a consensus resolution that called for the creation of an international criminal court.

To date, 114 states have ratified the Rome Statute, and with the recent ratification of Saint Lucia in August 2010, only 4 CARICOM states, namely Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica and Haiti, have yet to join the ICC. Global support, including that from the Caribbean�s region, to the Rome Statute system is crucial to building, strengthening, and ensuring the success of the first permanent, independent court capable of investigating and bringing to justice individuals who commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and, once it enters into force, the crime of aggression.

Excellency, as you may be aware, the governing body of the ICC will hold elections in December 2011. As a non-state party, your country may provisionally nominate a candidate for one of six available judicial vacancies at the ICC when the nomination period opens on 13 June. It may also do so for the position of Chief Prosecutor, an historic election that will only take place for the second time in history. However, your nomination will only become effective if your instrument of ratification to the Rome Statute is deposited by 2 September 2011, the date the nomination period concludes.

I urge your Excellency to use your good offices to ensure The Bahamas� ratification to the Rome Statute as soon as possible.

Sincerely

Grenada

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. TILLMAN THOMAS
Prime Minister
Office of the Prime Minister
Ministerial Complex
6th Floor
Botanical Gardens
Tanteen, St. George's
Fax: (473) 440-4116

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. KARL HOOD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministerial Complex
Fourth Floor
Botanical Gardens
Tanteen, St. George's
Fax: (473) 440-4184

HER EXCELLENCY AMB. DESSIMA WILLIAMS
Permanent Representative to the UN
800 2nd Avenue Suite 400K
New York, NY 10017
Fax: 212.599.1540

HIS EXCELLENCY, THE HON. ROHAN A. PHILLIP
Attorney General
Ministry of Legal Affairs
�Communal House�
414 H.A. Blaize Street
St. George�s
Grenada
Fax: (473) 435 � 2964

Your Excellency:

I am writing to urge you to ensure Grenada�s prompt accession of the Rome Statute. The Caribbean region has been instrumental in the establishment and development of the Court. As you may recall, in 1989, during the United Nations� 44th General Assembly, Trinidad and Tobago submitted an agenda item on the establishment of an international criminal court for the Assembly�s consideration. This motion � which gained the support of a number of states, including all CARCIOM member states � ultimately resulted in a consensus resolution that called for the creation of an international criminal court.

To date, 114 states have ratified the Rome Statute, and with the recent ratification of Saint Lucia in August 2010, only 4 CARICOM states, namely Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica and Haiti, have yet to join the ICC. Global support, including that from the Caribbean�s region, to the Rome Statute system is crucial to building, strengthening, and ensuring the success of the first permanent, independent court capable of investigating and bringing to justice individuals who commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and, once it enters into force, the crime of aggression.

Excellency, as you may be aware, the governing body of the ICC will hold elections in December 2011. As a non-state party, your country may provisionally nominate a candidate for one of six available judicial vacancies at the ICC when the nomination period opens on 13 June. It may also do so for the position of Chief Prosecutor, an historic election that will only take place for the second time in history. However, your nomination will only become effective if your instrument of accession to the Rome Statute is deposited by 2 September 2011, the date the nomination period concludes.

I urge your Excellency to use your good offices to ensure Grenada�s accession to the Rome Statute as soon as possible.

Sincerely

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