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La visión de PGA es contribuir a la creación de un orden internacional basado en el imperio de la ley para un mundo más equitativo, seguro, sostenible y democrático.

Madagascar y el Estatuto de Roma

Since 2002, PGA has been working in Madagascar, promoting the fight against impunity notably through the ratification and the domestic implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 2009 uprising which led to the resignation of the last elected president of Madagascar, highlights the need for such legislation.

To this effect, in February 2010 PGA invited the Minister of Justice to participate in a PGA Conference on ICC implementing legislation in African Indian Ocean countries in Comoros, who announced her intention to speed up the process to implement the Rome Statute domestically. Since then, PGA had been following up on that matter with the Minister and the Ministry of Justice and in 2012 PGA received a request of technical cooperation to assist Madagascar in the process of adoption of a legislation implementing the Rome Statute. In May 2013, PGA delivered the relevant technical assistance in the form of a comparative study outcome, namely a model legislative text. Therefore, the priority of PGA in Madagascar is the adoption of a national regulatory framework implementing the Rome Statute provisions: PGA is continuing to provide political and technical cooperation to the relevant authorities for that purpose.

Rome Statute

Madagascar, a signatory of the Rome Statute, deposited at the UN its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 14 March 2008.  This ratification was the result of a positive vote of the Parliament of Madagascar in 2006, which saw the active involvement of PGA members and former Members, as well as highly qualified staff of Parliament who attended the 2002 PGA/OIF conference on the ICC in Mauritius.

Kampala Amendments of 2010

Madagascar has not yet ratified the Amendments to the Rome Statute adopted by the 2010 Review Conference (Kampala Amendments) on the crime of aggression and on the use of certain weapons in armed conflict not of an international character.

Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court (APIC)

Madagascar signed the APIC on 12 September 2002 but has yet to accede to it.

Additional Agreements

Madagascar has not signed additional agreements of cooperation with the International Criminal Court.

Domestic Implementation of the Rome Statute Status

Madagascar has neither draft nor enacted implementing legislation or legislation on cooperation with the ICC. PGA is providing political and technical assistance for that purpose.

Description of the ICC process and of PGA’s involvement

Former PGA Members have promoted the modification of the constitution to allow ratification and are now working towards the elaboration of a comprehensive implementing legislation.As a follow up to the 2002 Mauritius conference, PGA prepared  a study on constitutional compatibility of the Rome Statute and delivered to representatives of the Government and Parliament in meeting that took place in September 2003 at the UN.

In order to reactivate the ICC process, PGA invited the Minister of Justice to its Conference on ICC implementing legislation in African Indian Ocean countries held in Comoros in February 2010, during which she announced her intention to speed up the process to implement the Rome Statute domestically. Following the technical assistance request formulated by Ms. Razanamahasoa, the Minister of Justice, for the adoption comprehensive implementing legislation, PGA has been providing political and technical cooperation, notably through the preparation of a comparative study of legislations implementing the Rome Statute and of a draft-text to domesticate the Rome Statute tailored to the needs of Madagascar.

Other Relevant Information

Universal Periodic Review - Human Rights Council:

Madagascar will be reviewed during the 20th session of the UPR in 2014. For PGA’s work through the UPR click here.

African, Caribbean and Pacific community

As a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific community (ACP), and as signatory of the revised Cotonou Agreement with of the ACP and European Union, Madagascar has recognized the importance of the ICC as a mechanism for peace and international justice, and has committed to promote the ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute, to seek to take steps towards the ratification and the implementation of the Rome Some Statute, and to fight against international crime giving due regard to the Rome Statute. For more information on the work of PGA within the ACP-EU mechanism. See PGA work through the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Related PGA Activities
  • 2-5 Dec. 2010: Participation of PGA Members in their official delegations attending the 20th session of the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific – European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU JAP), Parliament of the DRC
  • 25-26 Feb. 2010: Roundtable Discussion on ICC Implementing Legislation in African Indian Ocean countries - Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles, Parliament of the Comoros, Moroni - Photo Gallery
  • 17 - 20 March 2008: Participation of PGA Delegation to 15th Africa-Caribbean-Pacific-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU JAP), Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • November 2007: Round-Table Discussion on the Fight against Impunity and the Access of Victims to Justice (ACP-EU JAP), Kigali, Rwanda
  • 27-29 May 2002: Conference on ICC Ratification and Implementation in Francophone States - Port Louis, Mauritius)
  • May 2001: Conference on ICC Ratification and Implementation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region - Windhoek, Namibia)
  • September 1999: ICC Session at Summit of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie - Moncton, Canada
  • 1999: Launch of calendar of events for the SADC Region at the closing session of Gaborone School on International Criminal Jurisdiction

Estados que forman parte del sistema del Estatuto de Roma a febrero de 2024:

 
Estados que han ratificado el Estatuto de Roma [124]
 
Estados que han firmado el Estatuto de Roma pero aún no lo han [30]
 
Estados que se han retirado del Estatuto de Roma [2]
 
Estados que no han firmado ni ratificado el Estatuto de Roma
 


124 países forman parte del Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional. De ellos, 33 son Estados africanos, 19 son Estados de Asia y el Pacífico, 19 son de Europa oriental, 28 de 28 de América Latina y el Caribe, y 25 de Europa occidental y otros Estados.

Trabajo de PGA en el País:

© Image by Thiago Completo, PGA

El 1 de septiembre de 2015, PGA organizado al margen de la cuarta Conferencia Mundial de Presidentes de Parlamento, titulado “El rol de los Parlamentos en la criminalización de guerras agresivas e ilícitas.”

The first session of the Working Group was held in the National Assembly of Côte d’ Ivoire in Abidjan on 31 January and 1 February 2014.

The Working Group on the fight against impunity in Francophone African countries met for its 1th session under the gracious auspices of the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan on 31 January and 1 February 2014.

February 25 - 26, 2010 | National Assembly of the Union of Comoros, Moroni

The discussions provided for an update of the status of national implementing legislation of the Rome Statute in the represented countries, and also a forum to discuss the principles that characterize the jurisdiction of the ICC.

A spirited debate re-launched the political commitment in support of the universality and effectiveness of the new system of international criminal justice within the North-South cooperation framework of the ACP-EU.

A spirited debate re-launched the political commitment in support of the universality and effectiveness of the new system of international criminal justice within the North-South cooperation framework of the ACP-EU.

Publication

Guía parlamentaria sobre la Corte Penal Internacional
Guía parlamentaria sobre la Corte Penal Internacional

Guía parlamentaria sobre la Corte Penal Internacional

Es imperativo que el Estatuto de Roma sea ratificado universalmente para el buen funcionamiento de la Corte. Los parlamentarios deben garantizar que la CPI sea verdaderamente universal.

Description

Creada por el Estatuto de Roma, la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) es el primer tribunal internacional permanente e independiente capaz de investigar y llevar ante la justicia a las personas que cometen las violaciones más graves del derecho penal internacional, el derecho internacional humanitario y los derechos humanos.

El Estatuto de Roma define los crímenes de su competencia y establece los principios y procedimientos generales de funcionamiento de la Corte. También esboza las obligaciones de cooperación de sus Estados Parte. Es imperativo que el Estatuto de Roma sea ratificado universalmente para el buen funcionamiento de la Corte. Los parlamentarios deben garantizar que la CPI sea verdaderamente universal.

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Additional Details

  • Tipo de publicación: Toolkit
  • Autor/es: Parliamentarians for Global Action

Publication

Manual Para Parlamentarios: Designación Nacional De Candidatos A Magistrados De La Corte Penal Internacional (CPI)
Manual Para Parlamentarios: Designación Nacional De Candidatos A Magistrados De La Corte Penal Internacional (CPI)

Manual Para Parlamentarios: Designación Nacional De Candidatos A Magistrados De La Corte Penal Internacional (CPI)

Description

La CPI es el primer y único tribunal permanente independiente con el mandato de investigar y enjuiciar a los máximos responsables de cometer crímenes internacionales, a saber, el genocidio, los crímenes de lesa humanidad, los crímenes de guerra y el crimen de agresión. Sus 18 magistrados, procedentes de todo el mundo y elegidos por un mandato de nueve años, desempeñan un papel fundamental a la hora de asegurar que se cumplen estas expectativas mediante la garantía de juicios justos y el dictamen de jurisprudencia autoritativa y de la más alta calidad.

La calidad de los magistrados de la CPI, por lo tanto, tiene una importancia fundamental para el rendimiento, la eficiencia y la eficacia de la Corte puesto que de ello depende el éxito a largo plazo de la CPI y del sistema del Estatuto de Roma en su conjunto. Bajo estos antecedentes, PGA ha elaborado este manual con el fin de establecer criterios y recomendaciones específicas para que los parlamentarios alienten a sus Gobiernos a mejorar los procedimientos nacionales de designación de candidatos a magistrados de la CPI y adopten buenas prácticas y requisitos para garantizar que estos procesos sean justos, transparentes y meritocráticos. El objetivo de un procedimiento de designación sólido es el de garantizar que sólo los candidatos a magistrados o juristas del más alto calibre figuren en la papeleta de votación.

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Additional Details

  • Tipo de publicación: Handbook
  • Autor/es: Parliamentarians for Global Action

Publication

Manual: Ratificación y aplicación de las Enmiendas de Kampala sobre el crimen de agresión al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional
Manual: Ratificación y aplicación de las Enmiendas de Kampala sobre el crimen de agresión al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional

Manual: Ratificación y aplicación de las Enmiendas de Kampala sobre el crimen de agresión al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional

Description

Es para nosotros un honor y un privilegio presentarles el Manual sobre la Ratificación e Implementación de las Enmiendas de Kampala al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional.

Este Manual es producto de nuestros esfuerzos colectivos dirigidos a asistir a los Estados en la ratificación de las enmiendas aprobadas por consenso en Kampala—enmiendas que son fundamentales para el proceso de criminalización efectiva del uso ilegal de la fuerza en los asuntos internacionales.

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Additional Details

  • Tipo de publicación: Handbook
  • Autor/es: Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations; Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression; Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University (LISD); (Drafting Assistance by PGA)