When: Tuesday 11 February 15.00 CET
Where: European Parliament, Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201)
Participants:
– Chair of the Subcommittee on Human rights (DROI) Mounir Satouri (Greens/EFA, France);
– Mama Bea, member of the NGO “Association des mamans Anti-Bwaki” (AMAB), implementing partner of the ICC Trust Fund for Victims in DRC;
– David Yambio, victim of Almasri in Libya, President and spokesperson for Refugees in Libya Association.
Interpretation will be provided in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.
Accredited media representatives may attend the press conference in person. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely can connect via Interactio. The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on the Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.
Background
On 6 February 2025, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, including suspending the entry of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members into the United States.
A delegation of MEPs of the Subcommittee on Human rights travelled to The Hague on 29-30 October 2024 to meet with members of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court (ICC), EUROJUST and other key partners. After the mission, DROI Chair said he was concerned about the serious threats these institutions face, underlining the crucial role of the ICC to support the victims and declared that International Criminal Court decisions were binding on all EU member states.
In their annual report 2023 on Human rights and democracy in the world and the EU’s policy on the matter, MEPs condemned attempts to undermine the work of the ICC and its legitimacy, and called for the EU and its member states to encourage their partners to ratify the Rome Statute and its amendments, expanding the Court’s jurisdiction.
Information for the media – Use Interactio to ask questions
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