EU welcomes RP ratification of Rome Statute By Michaela P. del Callar 09/02/2011

EU welcomes RP ratification of Rome Statute

By Michaela P. del Callar 09/02/2011

The European Union yesterday welcomed the Philippines’ ratification of the Rome Statute that created an international tribunal that will try war crimes and genocide.

Catherine Ashton, high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and vice president of the commission, said Manila’s accession to the treaty “confirmed its commitment to the rule of law” locally and globally.

“I warmly welcome the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by the Philippines on Aug. 30 and congratulate the government of the Philippines for their achievement,” Ashton said in a statement from the EU headquarters in Brussels.

On Tuesday, the Philippines, through its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, deposited the Instrument of Ratification for the ICC at the UN, a week after it was ratified by the Philippine Senate. It will enter into force in the country on Nov. 1..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110902nat2.html