[Marinir] [Kompas] Manuver AS Hindari Pengadilan

Sat Jun 19 21:58:34 CEST 2004

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Sabtu, 19 Juni 2004
Manuver AS Hindari Pengadilan

New York, Jumat - Sekjen PBB Kofi Annan, Jumat (18/6), mengecam sikap AS
karena berniat mencegah tentara AS agar tidak diadili di Pengadilan Kriminal
Internasional (International Criminal Court/ICC). Annan juga meminta Dewan
Keamanan (DK) PBB untuk menolak langkah-langkah yang dilakukan AS untuk
mencapai niatnya.

AS menilai resolusi baru soal ICC-berbasis di The Hague- bertujuan menjerat
pelanggaran AS di Irak. Karena itu, AS juga berupaya mempengaruhi resolusi
soal ICC itu agar membebaskan pelanggaran militer dan sipil AS dari
pengadilan di ICC.

Annan akan mencoba menyampaikan kasus itu pada acara makan siang dengan para
duta besar berbagai negara untuk PBB, Jumat siang waktu New York, atau Sabtu
dini hari WIB. Pekan depan, lebih dari 40 negara dijadwalkan akan
memperdebatkan resolusi baru soal ICC pada pertemuan yang terbuka untuk
umum. Pada pertemuan itu tindakan militer AS soal penyiksaan tahanan di Irak
dan Afganistan akan disinggung.

"Tindakan pengecualian adalah langkah yang salah. Itu merupakan tindakan
hukum yang mendua, dan saya kira tidak layak untuk didukung oleh DK PBB,"
kata Annan.

Annan telah lama menentang langkah AS seperti itu dalam beberapa tahun
terakhir, namun baru kali ini Annan menggunakan kalimat yang jelas,
sehubungan dengan munculnya pelanggaran HAM di berbagai penjara di Irak.
"Merugikan jika ada satu pihak yang memaksakan tindakan pengecualian. Tidak
bijaksana untuk memaksakan pengecualian, bahkan lebih tidak bijaksana lagi
jika DK PBB memberikan persetujuan," kata Annan.

Pemerintahan Presiden AS George Walker Bush sedang mencoba memperbarui
resolusi DK PBB untuk menghindari pengadilan PBB atas berbagai pelanggaran
di Irak.

Kekebalan tidak berlaku bagi 94 negara yang telah meratifikasi ICC. Resolusi
soal ICC itu akan berakhir di pengujung bulan Juni 2004 ini dan upaya
pembaruan diperlukan.

Sejauh ini AS tidak memiliki dukungan memadai di DK PBB untuk mengegolkan
resolusi versi ICC AS. Dibutuhkan 9 suara di DK PBB untuk mengegolkan sebuah
resolusi. Dari 15 negara anggota DK PBB, hanya Rusia, Aljazair, Filipina,
Pakistan, Angola dan Inggris yang diperkirakan akan mendukung AS.
(REUTERS/MON)
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Posted: 19 June 2004 1119 hrs
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Annan gave a similar warning Thursday, that US efforts to extend for another
year its citizens' immunity before the International Criminal Court (ICC)
was too controversial to bring before the council, especially during a
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"We have some very difficult challenges ahead of us, and the council needs
to be able to work together and to speak with one voice," Annan told
reporters, referring to the UN's role in Iraq.

"Everybody was excited that the last resolution (on Iraq) was voted
unanimously," he said.

"I indicated that the (Security) Council, which was divided hopelessly last
year, has come together," Annan said.

"And I posed the question: If we want the council to be divided by this
issue of the ICC -- because it will divide the council. And I asked everyone
to reflect on that."

A council resolution seeks to renew a one-year US exemption, which expires
at the end of the month.

So far the United States does not have the votes to get it passed.

The court is the first permanent international tribunal to try cases of
warcrimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Washington signed the treaty but later backed out, saying it feared the
tribunal would be politicized and that its troops abroad could be charged
for warcrimes.

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