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Eu caves to us { September 30 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,801449,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,801449,00.html http://commondreams.org/headlines02/0930-01.htm EU caves in to Washington over international criminal court Ian Black in Brussels Monday September 30, 2002 The Guardian The EU is ready to agree a deal with the US giving American citizens a degree of immunity from prosecution by the new International Criminal Court, having been persuaded by Britain to step back from its hardline opposition to prevent a transatlantic row. Its foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels today, are expected to set out the conditions in which separate immunity arrangements can be concluded for Americans. Human rights groups and the Council of Europe urged the EU not to take this step. The court, which is due to begin work in the Hague next year, was created as a permanent institution to try individuals for genocide, war crimes and other human rights abuses. Washington has refused to back the court, fearing its people could become targets for politically motivated charges. It is far from clear whether it will find the new EU position acceptable. "This is as far as we can go," a Brussels diplomat said last night. The row about the court has added to the strain caused by Iraq and trade disputes, and underlined the gap between American unilateralism and the EU's multilateral approach to international issues. It has also shown how hard it is to square EU aspirations for a common foreign and security policy with the reality that member states often differ on fundamental issues. Under the compromise, individual EU members may sign immunity agreements with the US but must respect the ICC statute. The US will have to guarantee that there would be no impunity for crimes by promising that Americans accused of abuses will be tried in their own country. It will also have to drop its demand for blanket exemptions. Human Rights Watch accused Britain of slavishly torpedoing a united EU position.

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