Written question asked by Tony Worthington (Labour) on Thursday, 29 May 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 June 2003. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Thursday, 5 June 2003 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what implications Resolution 1422 of the Security Council has for compliance with other international agreements, with particular reference to the Convention against Torture and the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

Answer: Tony Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what implications Resolution 1422 of the Security Council has for compliance with other international agreements, with particular reference to the Convention against Torture and the Geneva Conventions of 1949. [116912] Mr. Rammell: The obligations in respect of compliance on states which have ratified or acceded to these Conventions are unaffected by Resolution 1422. That resolution serves only to defer for 12 months the possibility of an investigation or prosecution by the ICC of any individual engaged on a Security Council operation and who is not a citizen of a state party to the ICC. In the unlikely event of such a person being suspected of a crime over which the ICC otherwise has jurisdiction, and the domestic authorities of the state of the individual's citizenship being unwilling or unable to themselves investigate where appropriate, then the Security Council may allow the ICC to proceed to take action, as provided for in OP1 of the Resolution.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 116912; 406 c554W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Geneva Conventions International cooperation Treaties UN resolutions UN Security Council UN Convention against Torture
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk