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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
3 October 2001
AI Index MDE 15/089/2001 - News Service Nr. 175
forwarded by: Georg Warning, ai 2337, PF 5329, D-78432 Konstanz 10th October
2001
Amnesty International urges investigation of Ariel Sharon
A court in Brussels will today (3 October 2001) begin to
consider
arguments about whether Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may
be
investigated in Belgium for alleged war crimes committed in
Lebanon
in 1982 while he was Israel's Minister of Defence.
"Amnesty International welcomes actions taken in
accordance
with international law to combat impunity," said the
organization.
"We support the judicial investigation into Ariel Sharon's
responsibility with regard to the Sabra and Shatila massacre."
The complaint against Sharon was first lodged with the
Belgian Public Prosecutor's Office in June 2001. Ariel Sharon
was
Minister of Defence, with overall responsibility for the Israeli
Defence Forces (IDF), at the time of the 1982 massacre of
Palestinians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps on the outskirts
of
Beirut. The IDF allowed the Lebanese Phalange militia to enter
the
camps where the killing of hundreds, mostly Palestinian
refugees,
continued for at least 30 hours. The complainants, a group of 23
Lebanese and Palestinians, had filed the case under Belgian
legislation enacted in 1993 and 1999 which allows Belgian courts
to
prosecute foreigners for certain offences committed abroad,
including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
However,
the resulting investigation was suspended by the investigating
magistrate in early September 2001 until doubts about the legal
validity of the procedure were resolved.
Amnesty International calls on states to ensure prompt,
thorough and independent investigations wherever allegations of
crimes under international law are made. If such an
investigation
shows there is enough evidence for a prosecution, then, in
accordance with international law which allows the national
courts
of any state to try people accused of such crimes, regardless of
the
nationality of the alleged perpetrators or victims and
regardless of
where the crimes were committed, Amnesty International calls on
states to bring the accused to trial or extradite them to
another
country for trial, provided certain safeguards are met. No one
may
be extradited to a country which cannot assure that any trial on
such charges meets international standards for fairness and does
not
result in the imposition of the death penalty or other cruel,
inhuman or degrading punishment.
The lawyer representing Israel argued that Belgium lacks
the
legal authority to try Ariel Sharon on charges relating to the
1982
massacre. Among her arguments the lawyer stated that Prime
Minister
Ariel Sharon has immunity as a head of government; the case had
already been considered in Israel by the Kahan Commission of
Inquiry, which was a judicial commission; the 1993 law cannot
be
used retroactively; and the case has no connection with Belgium.
A
Brussels public prosecutor rejected the defence arguments and
said
that the case should go ahead. The court hearing due to start on
3
October will rule on the legality of the proceedings against
Ariel
Sharon in Belgium, not on the content of the case against him.
Amnesty International has welcomed Belgium's universal
jurisdiction laws and the 27 August 2001 statements attributed
to
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt voicing support for the
legislation and suggesting that it be extended to the entire
European Union.
The first case involving the exercise of universal
jurisdiction to come to trial in Belgium resulted in the
conviction
in June 2001 of four Rwandan nationals for war crimes committed
in
1994. Amnesty International welcomed this judgement as a
significant
step forward in the use of universal jurisdiction, an essential
tool
in the struggle against impunity.
A number of criminal complaints have been lodged with
the
Belgian courts against leaders and prominent members of past and
present governments. In addition to Ariel Sharon, these have
included: former Chilean President General Augusto Pinochet;
former
Speaker of Parliament and President of the Islamic Republic of
Iran
Hojjatoleslam Ali Akbar Rafsanjani; former Moroccan Minister of
Interior Driss Basri; former Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Yerodia
Ndombasi and several other government ministers of the
Democratic
Republic of the Congo; President Paul Kagame of Rwanda; former
President Hissene Habre of Chad; and President Saddam Hussein of
Iraq.
Background
The principle of universal jurisdiction permits the national
courts
of any state to try people accused of crimes under international
law, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
genocide as
well as torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances,"
regardless of the nationality of the alleged perpetrators or
victims
and regardless of where the crimes were committed.
In 1983 the official Israeli Commission of Inquiry into
the
Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut concluded that Minister of
Defence Ariel Sharon had "disregarded the danger of acts of
vengeance and bloodshed by Phalangists... failed to take this
danger
into account when he decided to have the Phalangists enter the
camps...[and had not ordered] appropriate measures for
preventing or
reducing the danger of massacre as a condition for the
Phalangists'
entry into the camps." The commission recommended that "the
Minister
of Defence draw the appropriate personal conclusions arising out
of
the defects revealed with regard to the manner in which he
discharged the duties of his office." Ariel Sharon resigned from
his
position as Minister of Defence following publication of the
Commission's report in 1983. In February 2001 Ariel Sharon was
elected Prime Minister of Israel; he took office in March.
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public document
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For more information please call Amnesty International's press
office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566
Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW web :
http://www.amnesty.org
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| JackRossi
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| "Re(1):Государственные преступники: Ариель Шар" , Mon 19 Nov 12:43
Шарона вызывают в суд
Расследование, проведенное властями Израиля, признало "непрямую" вину Шарона
Бельгийские власти официально вызвали премьер-министра Израиля Ариэля Шарона на судебное заседание, посвященное роли политика в резне в Сабре и Шатиле. Об этом сообщают бельгийские средства массовой информации.
Обвинения против Шарона выдвинуты по принятому Бельгией в 1993 году закону, предусматривающему, что дела о военных преступленияя и преступлениях, связанных с геноцидом, могут рассматриваться на территории Бельгии даже если они не имеют к этой стране прямого отношения.
Судебные слушания начнутся 28 ноября. В этот день присяжные определят, подпадает ли дело Шарона под юрисдикцию бельгийского суда.
По данным газеты "Ле Суар", повестки в суд Шарону передаст посол Бельгии в Израиле. Издание сообщает, что дипломат уже получил эти документы. По мнению журналистов, власти Бельгии оказались в результате действий суда в крайне деликатной ситуации.
Бельгия в сложной ситуации
[Верховштадт] возглавляет правительство сволочей
Мэр Иерусалима Эхуд Олмерт
Бельгийские власти именно сейчас принимают активное участие в процессе ближневосточного мирного урегулирования. Премьер-министр Бельгии Ги Верховштадта вместе с другими высокопоставленными представителями ЕС находится сейчас на Ближнем Востоке. Он уже провел переговоры с высокопоставленными представителями Израиля и Палестинской автономии.
Мэр Иерусалима Эхуд Олмерт, рассказывая публике о своем отношении к делу Шарона, сказал, что Верховштадт "возглавляет правительство сволочей".
Против Шарона возбуждены сразу два дела. Одно из них предусматривает, что израильского премьера могут привлечь к ответственности за убийства. Эти обвинения выдвинуты группой истцов, в которую входят граждане Ливана, Морокко и Бельгии, а также жители Палестинской автономии.
Второй иск выдвинут 23 бывшими беженцами, выжившими в результате резни в лагерях. Они обвиняют Шарона в преступлениях против человечества, геноциде и военных преступлениях.
Трагедия 1982 года
Шарона обвинили в том, что он не сумел предотвратить резню в лагерях
В лагерях Сабра и Шатила, где и произошла трагедия 1982 года, жили тысячи палестинцев. Через три месяца после того, как израильские войска вошли в Ливан, на лагеря напали христианские боевики.
Их жертвами стали несколько сот беженцев. Называется даже цифра в 1500 человек.
В то время Ариэль Шарон был министром обороны Израиля. В 1983 году в ходе расследования, проведенного израильскими властями, его признали частично виновным в событиях в Сабре и Шатиле. Тогда говорилось о "непрямой, но персональной" вине Шарона.
Нынешний премьер сразу после того, как стали известны результаты расследования, подал в отставку.
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