URC - Camerún
La Coalición por la Corte Penal Internacional y sus miembros llaman a Camerún a tomar las medidas necesarias para adelantar y ratificar el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI). Se precisan mas ratificaciones al Estatuto en la región africana, para así fortalecer su voz y su significativa participación en la lucha global para establecer una CPI justa, efectiva e independiente.
A la fecha 30 Estados son miembros de la Corte; y otros 15 –incluyendo Camerún el 17 de julio de 1998- han firmado el Estatuto, aún no han completado el proceso de ratificación.
La participación de Camerún en la Corte consolidará a la región como totalmente comprometida con esta histórica institución—la primera corte permanente, independiente con la capacidad para investigar y llevar ante la justicia a los individuos que cometan las mas serias violaciones contra el derecho internacional humanitario, a saber crímenes de guerra, crímenes de lesa humanidad y genocidio.
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H.E. Chief Ephraim Inoni,
Prime Minister
Fax: +237 223 57 35
H.E. Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yaoundé
Fax: +237-220-1133 and +237-220-7918
H.E. S.E. Monsieur Amadou ALI
Minister of Justice
Fax: +237-223- 00 05
Your Excellency:
At a time when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is moving forward in its crucial work to end impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes with its first three cases in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan, I am writing to urge you to ensure that Cameroon supports this new and vital system of international justice by acceding to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as soon as possible.
Commendably, Cameroon one of the very first countries to sign the Rome Statute of the ICC on the day the treaty was finalized, 17 July 1998. The Rome Statute came into force in July 2002 and now has the support of more than half of the world’s nations. With the Cook Island’s ratification in July, 108 states have now acceded to or ratified the treaty, and 139 are signatories. The new system of international justice represented by the International Criminal Court is an important tool that will ensure that the most serious violations of human rights will no longer go unpunished.
I welcome the Cameroonian ratification of UN conventions on corruption and on human trafficking, the establishment of the Cameroonian Coalition for the ICC, and the preparations of an ICC ratification proposal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I hope these recent steps may indicate that your country is also ready to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
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