Brussels
Amnesty International, Avocats Sans
Frontières, la Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, la Ligue Belge des Droits de l'Homme [The Belgian League of Human Rights] and the Liga voor Mensenrechten have expressed satisfaction with a political agreement reached on 17 July 2002 between the parties of the political majority concerning Belgium's universal jurisdiction law of 16 June 1993, revised in 1999.
This agreement will be followed by a proposal for an interpretative law of the 1993 law enabling the pursuit of pending cases and investigations. It will also express Belgian legislators' support for the efforts made over several years by the magistrates and investigators responsible for these cases. The proposed interpretive law will additionally express support for the numerous victims involved. The agreement will be followed by a global modification of the 1993 law in order to frame the exercise of universal jurisdiction in the future.
The NGOs noted above are pleased with the efforts of the government and the political parties and the parliamentarians who have concluded this important agreement to safeguard the essence and guiding principles of Belgium's universal jurisdiction law.
Amnesty International, Avocats Sans
Frontières, la Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, la Ligue Belge des Droits de l'Homme [The Belgian League of Human Rights] and the Liga voor Mensenrechten have expressed satisfaction with a political agreement reached on 17 July 2002 between the parties of the political majority concerning Belgium's universal jurisdiction law of 16 June 1993, revised in 1999.
This agreement will be followed by a proposal for an interpretative law of the 1993 law enabling the pursuit of pending cases and investigations. It will also express Belgian legislators' support for the efforts made over several years by the magistrates and investigators responsible for these cases. The proposed interpretive law will additionally express support for the numerous victims involved. The agreement will be followed by a global modification of the 1993 law in order to frame the exercise of universal jurisdiction in the future.
The NGOs noted above are pleased with the efforts of the government and the political parties and the parliamentarians who have concluded this important agreement to safeguard the essence and guiding principles of Belgium's universal jurisdiction law.