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ICC-CPI-20100610-PR543
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The ICC President and the European Commissioner for
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship ©Michel Mees |
On 10 June, 2010, the President of the International Criminal
Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, met with the Vice-President
of the European Commission, Viviane Reding, Commissioner for
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, at the seat of the
Court, in The Hague (The Netherlands).
During the meeting the President of the ICC thanked the
Commissioner for the longstanding diplomatic and financial
support of the European Union (EU) to the Court’s activities and
programmes,. “I am personally deeply grateful to the European
Union for its consistent, strong support for the ICC since its
inception. I was very pleased to hear the EU renewed its
commitment during the Review Conference in Kampala (Uganda), and
I look forward to continued close co-operation between the ICC
and the EU”, said Judge Song.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome
Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international
criminal court established to help end impunity for the
perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the
international community, namely war crimes, crimes against
humanity and genocide. The ICC is an independent international
organisation, and is not part of the United Nations system |
