ICC Ratification and Implementation Workshop in Jamaica for Caribbean Countries
MONTREAL - May 04, 2001 - Rights & Democracy and the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR) in Vancouver are hosting a workshop on the ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court, in Jamaica.
This workshop will provide a series of information and training sessions and a reference manual on the ratification and the implementation of the Rome Statute for the Caribbean countries from May 1 to 5, 2001 in Kingston.
Several other organizations are participating and supporting these workshops. They include: the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) of Vancouver, the Canadian Network for an International Criminal Court and ILANUD, the UN regional organization specialized in criminal justice and crime prevention (whose mandate includes the Caribbean countries), and the Judicial Training Institute of the Ministry of the National Security and Justice of Jamaica.
The main objective of these sessions is to encourage governments of the region to ratify and implement the ICC Statute and to provide them with information and assistance to do so. This process will also promote a better understanding of the purpose of the ICC, its main features, and its potential benefits for the countries of the region and to the international community.
The workshop devoted to the ratification and implementation of the ICC is designed:
1. To provide technical assistance in the form of regional training sessions to national legislators in the Caribbean, who request help with ratification and in gearing their legal systems to meet the obligations of the Rome Statute.
2. To provide a media training session for regional journalists and editors in conjunction with the training exercises outlined above, to promote the effective and fair coverage of ICC related issues. The Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society in Vancouver is responsible for this session.
3. To mobilize civil society partners, including non-governmental organizations in targeted countries who will contribute to the promotion of the ICC in their home States. The Canadian Network for an International Criminal Court on behalf of the World Federalists of Canada is responsible for this session.
